diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
index 516e87d11f5a9..6d69919bc0b6a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ void disableQuotaChecks() {
    * accessible path that also passed additional sanity checks based on how
    * the path will be used as specified by the DirOp.
    *   READ:   Expands reserved paths and performs permission checks
-   *           during traversal.  Raw paths are only accessible by a superuser.
+   *           during traversal.
    *   WRITE:  In addition to READ checks, ensures the path is not a
    *           snapshot path.
    *   CREATE: In addition to WRITE checks, ensures path does not contain