* java/math/BigDecimal.java (divide): Fixed comment.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7482a772c..1988af2f0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2001-01-10  Warren Levy  <warrenl@redhat.com>
 
+	* java/math/BigDecimal.java (divide): Fixed comment.
+
+2001-01-10  Warren Levy  <warrenl@redhat.com>
+
 	* java/math/BigDecimal.java (divide): Check newScale for validity.
 	Ensure that BigInteger.pow() is called with a non-negative value.
 	(setScale (int)): New public method.
diff --git a/java/math/BigDecimal.java b/java/math/BigDecimal.java
index 007f3a324..6fbd9271e 100644
--- a/java/math/BigDecimal.java
+++ b/java/math/BigDecimal.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class BigDecimal extends Number implements Comparable {
     if (power < 0)
       {
 	// Effectively increase the scale of val to avoid an
-	// IllegalArgumentException for a negative power.
+	// ArithmeticException for a negative power.
         valIntVal = valIntVal.multiply (BigInteger.valueOf (10).pow (-power));
 	power = 0;
       }