diff --git a/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/ProcessHandleImpl_unix.c b/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/ProcessHandleImpl_unix.c
index 81fddef391c18..f82caa1bdc3d5 100644
--- a/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/ProcessHandleImpl_unix.c
+++ b/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/ProcessHandleImpl_unix.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
  *   ProcessHandleImpl_unix.h which is included into every
  *   ProcessHandleImpl_<os>.c file.
  *
- * Example :
+ * Example:
  * ----------
  * The implementation of Java_java_lang_ProcessHandleImpl_initNative()
  * is the same on all platforms except on Linux where it initializes one