diff --git a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURI.java b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURI.java
index 4f68a0a91cc0..730021871333 100644
--- a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURI.java
+++ b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURI.java
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ private void parse(State state, final String uri)
             int segment = 0; // the start of the current segment within the path
             boolean encoded = false; // set to true if the path contains % encoded characters
             boolean dot = false; // set to true if the path containers . or .. segments
-            int escapedTwo = 0; // state of parsing a %2f
+            int escapedTwo = 0; // state of parsing a %2<x>
             int end = uri.length();
             for (int i = 0; i < end; i++)
             {
@@ -1289,4 +1289,4 @@ else if (param && ambiguous == Boolean.FALSE)
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}