diff --git a/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java b/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java
index 83bccbd161a2..741cd1078b41 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java
@@ -299,10 +299,6 @@ public void recycle() {
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     * Return the name of the associated encoding; Here, the value is
-     * "identity".
-     */
     @Override
     public ByteChunk getEncodingName() {
         return ENCODING;