diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/env/AbstractEnvironment.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/env/AbstractEnvironment.java
index 7484e3e95e1..04722fe7f7b 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/env/AbstractEnvironment.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/env/AbstractEnvironment.java
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEnvironment implements ConfigurableEnvironment {
 	 * Return the set of default profiles explicitly set via
 	 * {@link #setDefaultProfiles(String...)}, or if the current set of default profiles
 	 * consists only of {@linkplain #getReservedDefaultProfiles() reserved default
-	 * profiles}, then check for the presence of {@link #doGetActiveProfilesProperty()}
+	 * profiles}, then check for the presence of {@link #doGetDefaultProfilesProperty()}
 	 * and assign its value (if any) to the set of default profiles.
 	 * @see #AbstractEnvironment()
 	 * @see #getDefaultProfiles()