diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/StringSegment.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/StringSegment.java
index 138abe82392..3b4f9ce8d35 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/StringSegment.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/StringSegment.java
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ public class StringSegment implements CharSequence {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the first code point in the string segment, or -1 if the string starts with an invalid
-     * code point.
+     * Returns the first code point in the string segment.
      *
      * <p>
      * <strong>Important:</strong> Most of the time, you should use {@link #startsWith}, which handles