diff --git a/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/MetricsAssertHelper.java b/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/MetricsAssertHelper.java
index 52e0d091279f..9a52b59bfee2 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/MetricsAssertHelper.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/MetricsAssertHelper.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public interface MetricsAssertHelper {
    * @param name   name of the counter.
    * @param source The BaseSource{@link BaseSource} that will provide the tags,
    *               gauges, and counters.
-   * @return boolean true id counter metric exists.
+   * @return boolean true if counter metric exists.
    */
   boolean checkCounterExists(String name, BaseSource source);