diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Binder.java b/core/java/android/os/Binder.java
index 80cf2f87f1d6c..7e3af189da81e 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Binder.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Binder.java
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public class Binder implements IBinder {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reset the identity of the incoming IPC on the current thread. This can
+     * Reset the kernel binder identity of the incoming IPC on the current thread. This can
      * be useful if, while handling an incoming call, you will be calling
      * on interfaces of other objects that may be local to your process and
      * need to do permission checks on the calls coming into them (so they
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public class Binder implements IBinder {
     public static final native long clearCallingIdentity();
 
     /**
-     * Restore the identity of the incoming IPC on the current thread
+     * Restore the kernel binder identity of the incoming IPC on the current thread
      * back to a previously identity that was returned by {@link
      * #clearCallingIdentity}.
      *