diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/FileID.java b/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/FileID.java
index 40af4d9ae2ea..e7ce50616a5b 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/FileID.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/FileID.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public static String getFileName(URI uri)
      * </p>
      *
      * <code>{@code
-     * "foo.tar.gz"	"gz"
+     * "foo.tar.gz" "gz"
      * "foo.bar"    "bar"
      * "foo."       ""
      * "foo"        null