diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/DelimitedLineTokenizer.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/DelimitedLineTokenizer.java
index da532470e..8d49d7b28 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/DelimitedLineTokenizer.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/DelimitedLineTokenizer.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class DelimitedLineTokenizer extends AbstractLineTokenizer
 	}
 
     /**
-     * Trim and leading or trailing quotes (and any leading or trailing
+     * Trim any leading or trailing quotes (and any leading or trailing
      * whitespace before or after the quotes) from within the specified character
      * array beginning at the specified offset index for the specified count.
      * <p/>