diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/DecimalFormat.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/DecimalFormat.java
index 3a97615f027..f48c0fa3620 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/DecimalFormat.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/DecimalFormat.java
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ public class DecimalFormat extends NumberFormat {
    * number, and rounds to the closest even number if at the midpoint.
    *
    * <p>For more detail on rounding modes, see <a
-   * href="​http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/numbers/rounding-modes">the ICU User
+   * href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/numbers/rounding-modes">the ICU User
    * Guide</a>.
    *
    * <p>For backwards compatibility, the rounding mode is specified as an int argument, which can be