diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java
index bb2fcd01f5..4c3079a083 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ abstract class AbstractChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap
      * Makes best possible effort to detect if {@link ChannelHandler#handlerAdded(ChannelHandlerContext)} was called
      * yet. If not return {@code false} and if called or could not detect return {@code true}.
      *
-     * If this method returns {@code true} we will not invoke the {@link ChannelHandler} but just forward the event.
+     * If this method returns {@code false} we will not invoke the {@link ChannelHandler} but just forward the event.
      * This is needed as {@link DefaultChannelPipeline} may already put the {@link ChannelHandler} in the linked-list
      * but not called {@link ChannelHandler#handlerAdded(ChannelHandlerContext)}.
      */