diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexRequest.java
index 2a70aa836454e..7ca9a9f11956d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexRequest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
- * A request to delete an index. Best created with {@link org.elasticsearch.client.Requests#deleteIndexRequest(String)}.
+ * A request to retrieve information about an index.
  */
 public class GetIndexRequest extends ClusterInfoRequest<GetIndexRequest> {
     public enum Feature {