--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp	Fri Dec 09 19:28:34 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp	Wed Dec 14 12:15:26 2011 +0100
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@
   return result;
 }
 
-// Returns "TRUE" iff "p" points into the allocated area of the heap.
+// Returns "TRUE" iff "p" points into the committed areas of the heap.
 bool GenCollectedHeap::is_in(const void* p) const {
   #ifndef ASSERT
   guarantee(VerifyBeforeGC   ||