diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/evaluation/RegressionEvaluator.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/evaluation/RegressionEvaluator.scala
index 4134e2dbc568d..ed04b67bcc93b 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/evaluation/RegressionEvaluator.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/evaluation/RegressionEvaluator.scala
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ final class RegressionEvaluator @Since("1.4.0") (@Since("1.4.0") override val ui
   def this() = this(Identifiable.randomUID("regEval"))
 
   /**
-   * param for metric name in evaluation (supports `"rmse"` (default), `"mse"`, `"r2"`, and `"mae"`)
+   * Param for metric name in evaluation. Supports:
+   *  - `"rmse"` (default): root mean squared error
+   *  - `"mse"`: mean squared error
+   *  - `"r2"`: R^2^ metric
+   *  - `"mae"`: mean absolute error
    *
-   * Because we will maximize evaluation value (ref: `CrossValidator`),
-   * when we evaluate a metric that is needed to minimize (e.g., `"rmse"`, `"mse"`, `"mae"`),
-   * we take and output the negative of this metric.
    * @group param
    */
   @Since("1.4.0")