diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/CookieValue.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/CookieValue.java
index 134588660e1..33e23a166a4 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/CookieValue.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/CookieValue.java
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
  * or as cookie value type (String, int, etc.).
  *
  * <p>Note that with spring-webmvc 5.3.x and earlier, the cookie value is URL
- * decoded. This will be changed in 6.0 but in the mean, applications can also
- * declare {@link javax.servlet.http.Cookie} to access the raw value.
+ * decoded. This will be changed in 6.0 but in the meantime, applications can
+ * also declare parameters of type {@link javax.servlet.http.Cookie} to access
+ * the raw value.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Sam Brannen