src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Currency.java

@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@
      *
      * @param locale the locale for whose country a <code>Currency</code>
      * instance is needed
      * @return the <code>Currency</code> instance for the country of the given
      * locale, or {@code null}
-     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> or its country
-     * code is {@code null}
+     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> 
+     * is {@code null}
      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the country of the given {@code locale}
      * is not a supported ISO 3166 country code.
      */
     public static Currency getInstance(Locale locale) {
         String country = locale.getCountry();