diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Handler.java b/core/java/android/os/Handler.java
index 0d562e491215e..b892c8128cddf 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Handler.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Handler.java
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public class Handler {
 
     /**
      * Remove any pending posts of messages with code 'what' and whose obj is
-     * 'object' that are in the message queue.  If <var>token</var> is null,
+     * 'object' that are in the message queue.  If <var>object</var> is null,
      * all messages will be removed.
      */
     public final void removeMessages(int what, Object object) {