diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java b/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java
index 73e6c0f82..196dd71e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public static JSONObject toJSONObject(String string) throws JSONException {
      * All other members are ignored.
      * @param jo A JSONObject
      * @return A cookie specification string
-     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     * @throws JSONException thrown if the cookie has no name.
      */
     public static String toString(JSONObject jo) throws JSONException {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();