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 0581baf8b..bcc44c7b3 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
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class DelimitedLineTokenizer extends AbstractLineTokenizer
 	/**
 	 * Create a new instance of the {@link DelimitedLineTokenizer} class.
 	 *
-	 * @param delimiter the desired delimiter
+	 * @param delimiter the desired delimiter.  This is required
 	 */
 	public DelimitedLineTokenizer(String delimiter) {
 		Assert.notNull(delimiter);