diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/NetworkInterface.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
index b06c13b1e1a34..3c13fdcb0cd8a 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ public static Enumeration<NetworkInterface> getNetworkInterfaces()
      * <p>
      * The returned interface instances 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 new instances of the interfaces.
+     * 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