diff --git a/java/com/google/flatbuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.java b/java/com/google/flatbuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.java
index 0dadeedd7..92f08fbbf 100644
--- a/java/com/google/flatbuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.java
+++ b/java/com/google/flatbuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.java
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ public class FlatBufferBuilder {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Finalize a buffer, pointing to the given `root_table`.+, with the size prefixed.
+     * Finalize a buffer, pointing to the given `root_table`, with the size prefixed.
      *
      * @param root_table An offset to be added to the buffer.
      */