--- old/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.hpp	2014-11-06 13:33:13.989745611 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.hpp	2014-11-06 13:33:13.923745114 -0500
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
                                                  // but this may change with redefinition
   u2                _max_stack;                  // Maximum number of entries on the expression stack
   u2                _max_locals;                 // Number of local variables used by this method
-  u2                _size_of_parameters;         // size of the parameter block (receiver + arguments) in words
+  u2               _size_of_parameters;         // size of the parameter block (receiver + arguments) in words
 
   // Constructor
   ConstMethod(int byte_code_size,
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@
   ExceptionTableElement* exception_table_start() const;
 
   // method parameters table
+
+  // This returns -1 if no parameters are present, a non-negative
+  // value otherwise.  Note: sometimes, there are 0-length parameters
+  // attributes that must be reported up to the reflection API all the
+  // same.
   int method_parameters_length() const;
   MethodParametersElement* method_parameters_start() const;