diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobConf.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobConf.java
index ef9ec6168d..f286a96a44 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobConf.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobConf.java
@@ -1286,10 +1286,10 @@ public void setReduceSpeculativeExecution(boolean speculativeExecution) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get configured the number of reduce tasks for this job.
+   * Get the configured number of map tasks for this job.
    * Defaults to <code>1</code>.
    * 
-   * @return the number of reduce tasks for this job.
+   * @return the number of map tasks for this job.
    */
   public int getNumMapTasks() { return getInt(JobContext.NUM_MAPS, 1); }
   
@@ -1334,9 +1334,9 @@ public void setReduceSpeculativeExecution(boolean speculativeExecution) {
   public void setNumMapTasks(int n) { setInt(JobContext.NUM_MAPS, n); }
 
   /**
-   * Get configured the number of reduce tasks for this job. Defaults to 
+   * Get the configured number of reduce tasks for this job. Defaults to
    * <code>1</code>.
-   * 
+   *
    * @return the number of reduce tasks for this job.
    */
   public int getNumReduceTasks() { return getInt(JobContext.NUM_REDUCES, 1); }