diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/InternalConstants.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/InternalConstants.java
index 12d4f14d92..85603b0bfd 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/InternalConstants.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/InternalConstants.java
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ private InternalConstants() {
    * {@code "fs.capability.etags.available"}.
    * <ol>
    *   <li>{@value}: store is safe</li>
-   *   <li>!etags: store is safe</li>
-   *   <li>etags && !{@value}: store is <i>UNSAFE</i></li>
+   *   <li>no etags: store is safe</li>
+   *   <li>etags and not {@value}: store is <i>UNSAFE</i></li>
    * </ol>
    */
   public static final String CAPABILITY_SAFE_READAHEAD =