diff --git a/core/java/android/annotation/NonNull.java b/core/java/android/annotation/NonNull.java
index a95bf3b8061e4..c5aff9d6794e9 100644
--- a/core/java/android/annotation/NonNull.java
+++ b/core/java/android/annotation/NonNull.java
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * <p>
  * This is a marker annotation and it has no specific attributes.
  *
- * @paramDoc This value must never be {@code null}.
- * @returnDoc This value will never be {@code null}.
+ * @paramDoc This value cannot be {@code null}.
+ * @returnDoc This value cannot be {@code null}.
  * @hide
  */
 @Retention(SOURCE)