diff --git a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
index 1ea3a6d8778..cef70f486bf 100644
--- a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
+++ b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public static long capacity(Queue<?> queue) {
    * Remove up to <i>limit</i> elements from the {@link Queue} and hand to consume.
    *
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException consumer is {@code null}
-   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if maxExportBatchSize is negative
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if limit is negative
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public static <T> int drain(Queue<T> queue, int limit, Consumer<T> consumer) {