The verb form of "recursion" is "to recur", not "to recurse". Quoting my CS professor Stuart Shieber: "To recur is to occur again, while to recurse is to curse again."

Yes, this is a silly, pedantic complaint. Sorry.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 834421529

Author: netdpb

core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/InfiniteRecursion.java

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 /** A {@link BugChecker}; see the associated {@link BugPattern} annotation for details. */
 @BugPattern(
-    summary = "This method always recurses, and will cause a StackOverflowError",
+    summary = "This method calls itself unconditionally; it will throw StackOverflowError",
     severity = ERROR)
 public class InfiniteRecursion extends BugChecker implements MethodTreeMatcher {
   @Override
@@ -225,15 +225,15 @@ void checkInvocation(MethodInvocationTree invocation, boolean underConditional)
          * in practice, but consider the following example:
          */
         // sealed class Parent {
-        //   void go(boolean recurse) {
+        //   void go(boolean recur) {
         //     go(false); // call to the "same method" on the same object but not infinite recursion
         //   }
         // }
         //
         // class Child extends Parent {
         //   @Override
-        //   void go(boolean recurse) {
-        //     if (recurse) {
+        //   void go(boolean recur) {
+        //     if (recur) {
         //       super.go(true);
         //     }
         //   }