diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/auditing/AuditingHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/auditing/AuditingHandler.java
index f6570e830..05f42d1a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/auditing/AuditingHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/auditing/AuditingHandler.java
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ public class AuditingHandler implements InitializingBean {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set this to false if you want to treat entity creation as modification and thus set the current date as
-	 * modification date, too. Defaults to {@code true}.
-	 * 
+	 * Set this to true if you want to treat entity creation as modification and thus setting the current date as
+	 * modification date during creation, too. Defaults to {@code true}.
+	 *
 	 * @param modifyOnCreation if modification information shall be set on creation, too
 	 */
 	public void setModifyOnCreation(boolean modifyOnCreation) {