diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DateFormat.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DateFormat.java
index d7a4b5a39b7..a67ba676836 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DateFormat.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DateFormat.java
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ public abstract class DateFormat extends Format {
 
     /**
      * Parse a date/time string according to the given parse position.  For
-     * example, a time text {@code "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT"} will be parsed into a {@code Date}
+     * example, if {@code this} has the pattern {@code "M/d/yy h:m a, z"},
+     * then a time text {@code "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT"} will be parsed into a {@code Date}
      * that is equivalent to {@code Date(837039900000L)}.
      *
      * <p> By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used