diff --git a/icu4j/main/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/icu/util/Calendar.java b/icu4j/main/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/icu/util/Calendar.java
index feb9e8e89b1e..a886eed1bd2e 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/icu/util/Calendar.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/icu/util/Calendar.java
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ public abstract class Calendar implements Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Ca
     /**
      * Pseudo-time-stamps which specify when each field was set. There
      * are two special values, UNSET and INTERNALLY_SET. Values from
-     * MINIMUM_USER_SET to Byte.MAX_VALUE are legal user set values.
+     * MINIMUM_USER_SET to STAMP_MAX are legal user set values.
      */
     private transient byte           stamp[];