diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 41499532cb40a..f447cbb7b49a7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -2652,7 +2652,7 @@ public void onSettingsChanged() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Acquires a lock on the translog files and Lucene soft-deleted documents to prevent them from being trimmed
+     * Acquires a lock on Lucene soft-deleted documents to prevent them from being trimmed
      */
     public Closeable acquireHistoryRetentionLock() {
         return getEngine().acquireHistoryRetentionLock();