src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gc_globals.hpp

@@ -186,14 +186,15 @@
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   product(bool, UseG1GC, false,                                             \
           "Use the Garbage-First garbage collector")                        \
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   product(bool, UseParallelGC, false,                                       \
-          "Use the Parallel Scavenge garbage collector")                    \
+          "Use the Parallel garbage collector.")                            \
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   product(bool, UseParallelOldGC, false,                                    \
-          "Use the Parallel Old garbage collector")                         \
+          "Use the Parallel or Serial garbage collector when collecting "   \
+          "the old generation. Deprecated.")                                \
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   experimental(bool, UseEpsilonGC, false,                                   \
           "Use the Epsilon (no-op) garbage collector")                      \
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   experimental(bool, UseZGC, false,                                         \