diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/char16ptr.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/char16ptr.h
index 744aef2c9ca..02c1308453a 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/char16ptr.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/char16ptr.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief C++ API: char16_t pointer wrappers with
- *        implicit conversion to/from bit-compatible raw pointer types.
+ *        implicit conversion from bit-compatible raw pointer types.
  *        Also conversion functions from char16_t * to UChar * and OldUChar *.
  */