src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessibleObject.java

@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
  * permits sophisticated applications with sufficient privilege, such as Java
  * Object Serialization or other persistence mechanisms, to manipulate objects
  * in a manner that would normally be prohibited.
  *
  * <p> Java language access control prevents use of private members outside
- * their class; package access members outside their package; protected members
+ * their top-level class; package access members outside their package; protected members
  * outside their package or subclasses; and public members outside their
  * module unless they are declared in an {@link Module#isExported(String,Module)
  * exported} package and the user {@link Module#canRead reads} their module. By
  * default, Java language access control is enforced (with one variation) when
  * {@code Field}s, {@code Method}s, or {@code Constructor}s are used to get or