--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java	Wed Dec 07 09:48:31 2016 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java	Wed Dec 07 09:32:32 2016 +0000
@@ -657,13 +657,11 @@
      * <pre>
      *     Class.forName(desc.getName(), false, loader)
      * </pre>
-     * where <code>loader</code> is determined as follows: if there is a
-     * method on the current thread's stack whose declaring class is not a
-     * <a href="../lang/ClassLoader.html#builtinLoaders">
-     * <em>platform class</em></a>, then <code>loader</code> is
-     * the class loader of such class; otherwise, <code>loader</code>
-     * is the {@linkplain ClassLoader#getPlatformClassLoader()
-     * platform class loader}.  If this call results in a
+     * where <code>loader</code> is the first class loader on the current
+     * thread's stack (starting from the currently executing method) that is
+     * neither the {@linkplain ClassLoader#getPlatformClassLoader() platform
+     * class loader} nor its ancestor; otherwise, <code>loader</code> is the
+     * <em>platform class loader</em>. If this call results in a
      * <code>ClassNotFoundException</code> and the name of the passed
      * <code>ObjectStreamClass</code> instance is the Java language keyword
      * for a primitive type or void, then the <code>Class</code> object
@@ -721,13 +719,11 @@
      * <pre>
      *     Class.forName(i, false, loader)
      * </pre>
-     * where <code>loader</code> is determined as follows: if there is a
-     * method on the current thread's stack whose declaring class is not a
-     * <a href="../lang/ClassLoader.html#builtinLoaders">
-     * <em>platform class</em></a>, then <code>loader</code> is
-     * the class loader of such class; otherwise, <code>loader</code>
-     * is the {@linkplain ClassLoader#getPlatformClassLoader()
-     * platform class loader}.
+     * where <code>loader</code> is the first class loader on the current
+     * thread's stack (starting from the currently executing method) that is
+     * neither the {@linkplain ClassLoader#getPlatformClassLoader() platform
+     * class loader} nor its ancestor; otherwise, <code>loader</code> is the
+     * <em>platform class loader</em>.
      * Unless any of the resolved interfaces are non-public, this same value
      * of <code>loader</code> is also the class loader passed to
      * <code>Proxy.getProxyClass</code>; if non-public interfaces are present,
@@ -2370,16 +2366,10 @@
                                               int ndoubles);
 
     /**
-     * Returns the first non-null and non-platform class loader
-     * (not counting class loaders of generated reflection implementation classes)
-     * up the execution stack, or null if only code from the bootstrap and
-     * platform class loader is on the stack.
-     * This method is also called via reflection by the following RMI-IIOP class:
-     *
-     *     com.sun.corba.se.internal.util.JDKClassLoader
-     *
-     * This method should not be removed or its signature changed without
-     * corresponding modifications to the above class.
+     * Returns the first non-null and non-platform class loader (not counting
+     * class loaders of generated reflection implementation classes) up the
+     * execution stack, or the platform class loader if only code from the
+     * bootstrap and platform class loader is on the stack.
      */
     private static ClassLoader latestUserDefinedLoader() {
         return jdk.internal.misc.VM.latestUserDefinedLoader();