* java/io/File.java (getParent): Javadoc fix.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/java/io/File.java b/java/io/File.java
index 8f5efad1e..68b6a85fe 100644
--- a/java/io/File.java
+++ b/java/io/File.java
@@ -542,7 +542,8 @@ public class File implements Serializable, Comparable
   /**
    * This method returns a <code>String</code> the represents this file's
    * parent.  <code>null</code> is returned if the file has no parent.  The
-   * parent is determined via a simple operation which removes the
+   * parent is determined via a simple operation which removes the name
+   * after the last file separator character, as determined by the platform.
    *
    * @return The parent directory of this file
    */