diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/cds/filemap.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/cds/filemap.cpp
index cf11877981dd9..08b73365f3dfd 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/cds/filemap.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/cds/filemap.cpp
@@ -2701,7 +2701,7 @@ ClassFileStream* FileMapInfo::get_stream_from_class_loader(Handle class_loader,
   TempNewSymbol class_name_sym = SymbolTable::new_symbol(file_name);
   Handle ext_class_name = java_lang_String::externalize_classname(class_name_sym, CHECK_NULL);
 
-  // InputStream ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(String name)
+  // byte[] ClassLoader.getResourceAsByteArray(String name)
   JavaCalls::call_virtual(&result,
                           class_loader,
                           vmClasses::ClassLoader_klass(),
@@ -2711,7 +2711,7 @@ ClassFileStream* FileMapInfo::get_stream_from_class_loader(Handle class_loader,
                           CHECK_NULL);
   assert(result.get_type() == T_OBJECT, "just checking");
   oop obj = result.get_oop();
-  assert(obj != nullptr, "ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream should not return null");
+  assert(obj != nullptr, "ClassLoader.getResourceAsByteArray should not return null");
 
   // The result should be a [B
   assert(obj->is_typeArray(), "just checking");
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp
index 386d7f24105d9..6a6f7754c509e 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ class SerializeClosure;
   template(generateLambdaFormHolderClasses,                 "generateLambdaFormHolderClasses")                    \
   template(generateLambdaFormHolderClasses_signature,       "([Ljava/lang/String;)[Ljava/lang/Object;")           \
   template(getResourceAsByteArray_name,                     "getResourceAsByteArray")                             \
-  template(getResourceAsByteArray_signature,                "(Ljava/lang/String;)[B")          \
+  template(getResourceAsByteArray_signature,                "(Ljava/lang/String;)[B")                             \
   template(java_lang_Enum,                                  "java/lang/Enum")                                     \
   template(java_lang_invoke_Invokers_Holder,                "java/lang/invoke/Invokers$Holder")                   \
   template(java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle_Holder,      "java/lang/invoke/DirectMethodHandle$Holder")         \
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
index a4aa01b067060..471c3b6bba812 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Called by VM for constructing a ClassFileStream.
+     * Called by VM for reading class bytes.
      */
     private byte[] getResourceAsByteArray(String name) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(name);