diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/NetworkInterface.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
index 613c91455fd2f..e707c93a37aba 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ public static NetworkInterface getByName(String name) throws SocketException {
      * @apiNote
      * The returned interface instance may reflect a snapshot of the
      * configuration taken at the time the instance is created.
-     * To see updates to the configuration may, or may not, require
-     * obtaining a new instance of the interface.
+     * The network configuration may change at any time, and this method may need to
+     * be invoked again to obtain a more up to date view of the network interface.
      * In particular, there is no guarantee that the same interface will be
      * found at the same index, or that the same network addresses will be
      * bound to the interface, if the network configuration of the system