diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/org/capnproto/Serialize.java b/runtime/src/main/java/org/capnproto/Serialize.java
index 6aca38b..513b8d5 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/org/capnproto/Serialize.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/org/capnproto/Serialize.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public final class Serialize {
     }
 
     /*
-     * Upon return, `bb.position()` we be at the end of the message.
+     * Upon return, `bb.position()` will be at the end of the message.
      */
     public static MessageReader read(ByteBuffer bb, ReaderOptions options) throws IOException {
         bb.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);