diff --git a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtilsProperties.java b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtilsProperties.java
index 8c6b0dd2..7fae030f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtilsProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtilsProperties.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class InetUtilsProperties {
 	private boolean useOnlySiteLocalInterfaces = false;
 	
 	/**
-	 * List of Java regex expressions for network addresses that will be ignored.
+	 * List of Java regex expressions for network addresses that will be preferred.
 	 */
 	private List<String> preferredNetworks = new ArrayList<>();
 }