diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CommitConfig.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CommitConfig.java
index 5e70556a3..22e1f9818 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CommitConfig.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CommitConfig.java
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public String getCommitEncoding() {
 	 *             if the template file does not exists
 	 * @throws ConfigInvalidException
 	 *             if a {@code commitEncoding} is specified and is invalid
+	 * @since 6.0
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	public String getCommitTemplateContent(@NonNull Repository repository)