diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/lang/UScriptRun.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/lang/UScriptRun.java
index 8a4a9823b2a..2e6848b3998 100644
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/lang/UScriptRun.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/lang/UScriptRun.java
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public final class UScriptRun
     /**
      * Get the starting index of the current script run.
      *
-     * @returns the index of the first character in the current script run.
+     * @return the index of the first character in the current script run.
      *
      * @internal
      */