diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.java
index f0826a62eb..26a3a6cec9 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public @interface ComponentScan {
 
 	/**
 	 * Declares the type filter to be used as an {@linkplain ComponentScan#includeFilters()
-	 * include filter} or {@linkplain ComponentScan#includeFilters() exclude filter}.
+	 * include filter} or {@linkplain ComponentScan#excludeFilters() exclude filter}.
 	 */
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 	@Target({})