diff --git a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
index d96625b5..9f3cf16c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ public class StringUtil
      * bytes.  Returns the empty string for a <code>null</code> or empty byte array.
      *
      * @param bytes the bytes for which we want a string representation.
-     * @param count the number of bytes to stop at (which will be coerced into being <= the length
-     * of the array).
+     * @param count the number of bytes to stop at (which will be coerced into being {@code <=} the
+     * length of the array).
      */
     public static String hexlate (byte[] bytes, int count)
     {