diff --git a/ext/java/config.m4 b/ext/java/config.m4
index 61c7a93952f..4e718fc3c8a 100644
--- a/ext/java/config.m4
+++ b/ext/java/config.m4
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(JAVA_CHECK_LIB, [
      test -f $i/jni_md.h && JAVA_INCLUDE="$JAVA_INCLUDE $i"
    done
 dnl
-dnl sample JDK v 1.3 path
+dnl sample JDK v 1.4 path
 dnl /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0_01/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so
 dnl
  else
diff --git a/ext/rpc/java/config.m4 b/ext/rpc/java/config.m4
index 61c7a93952f..4e718fc3c8a 100644
--- a/ext/rpc/java/config.m4
+++ b/ext/rpc/java/config.m4
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(JAVA_CHECK_LIB, [
      test -f $i/jni_md.h && JAVA_INCLUDE="$JAVA_INCLUDE $i"
    done
 dnl
-dnl sample JDK v 1.3 path
+dnl sample JDK v 1.4 path
 dnl /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0_01/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so
 dnl
  else