diff --git a/spring-statemachine-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/statemachine/event/StateMachineEvent.java b/spring-statemachine-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/statemachine/event/StateMachineEvent.java
index 5649f4d9..47e5a276 100644
--- a/spring-statemachine-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/statemachine/event/StateMachineEvent.java
+++ b/spring-statemachine-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/statemachine/event/StateMachineEvent.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.statemachine.event;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 
 /**
- * Base {@link ApplicationEvent} class for leader based events. All custom event
+ * Base {@link ApplicationEvent} class for statemachine events. All custom event
  * classes should be derived from this class.
  *
  * @author Janne Valkealahti