diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/util/AsmUtil.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/util/AsmUtil.java
index e02454a4ca58b..f77a4c82d2306 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/util/AsmUtil.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/util/AsmUtil.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public static String getDescriptor(Type type, Function<String, String> typeArgMa
      * your {@code typeArgMapper} contains {@code T=Ljava/lang/Integer;}.
      * 
      * @param type the type you want the signature for.
-     * @param typeArgMapper a mapping between type argument names and their bytecode descriptor.
+     * @param typeArgMapper a mapping between type argument names and their bytecode signature.
      * @return a bytecode signature for that type.
      */
     public static String getSignature(Type type, Function<String, String> typeArgMapper) {