diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
index 3f4b1c4cfaa7..c14a0d042823 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@ public static SlowLogParams getSlowLogParams(Message message, boolean slowLogSca
   }
 
   /**
-   * Convert a List<NameBytesPair> to a more readable CSV
+   * Convert a list of NameBytesPair to a more readable CSV
    */
   public static String convertAttributesToCsv(List<NameBytesPair> attributes) {
     if (attributes.isEmpty()) {
@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ public static String convertAttributesToCsv(List<NameBytesPair> attributes) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Convert a Map<String, byte[]> to a more readable Map<String, String>
+   * Convert a map of byte array attributes to a more readable map of binary string representations
    */
   public static Map<String, String> deserializeAttributes(Map<String, byte[]> attributes) {
     return attributes.entrySet().stream().collect(