diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/Channel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/Channel.java
index 76f27c3f88..2619ab9027 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/Channel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/Channel.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
*
the current state of the channel (e.g. is it open? is it connected?),
* the {@linkplain ChannelConfig configuration parameters} of the channel (e.g. receive buffer size),
* the I/O operations that the channel supports (e.g. read, write, connect, and bind), and
- * the {@link ChannelPipeline} which handles all I/O events and requests
+ * the {@link ChannelPipeline} which handles all {@link ChannelEvent I/O events and requests}
* associated with the channel.
*
*