diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
index bf7b753..d8cab35 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
@@ -1080,8 +1080,9 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the last modified time of a file system object. If the OS/JRE support
-	 * symbolic links, the link is modified, not the target,
+	 * Set the last modified time of a file system object.
+	 * <p>
+	 * For symlinks it sets the modified time of the link target.
 	 *
 	 * @param f
 	 *            a {@link java.io.File} object.
@@ -1097,8 +1098,9 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the last modified time of a file system object. If the OS/JRE support
-	 * symbolic links, the link is modified, not the target,
+	 * Set the last modified time of a file system object.
+	 * <p>
+	 * For symlinks it sets the modified time of the link target.
 	 *
 	 * @param p
 	 *            a {@link Path} object.
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FileUtils.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FileUtils.java
index c43956e..aa39a44 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Set the last modified time of a file system object.
+	 *
 	 * @param file
 	 * @param time
 	 * @throws IOException
@@ -720,6 +722,8 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Set the last modified time of a file system object.
+	 *
 	 * @param path
 	 * @param time
 	 * @throws IOException