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diff --git a/java/math/BigDecimal.java b/java/math/BigDecimal.java
index 007f3a324..6fbd9271e 100644
--- a/java/math/BigDecimal.java
+++ b/java/math/BigDecimal.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class BigDecimal extends Number implements Comparable {
if (power < 0)
{
// Effectively increase the scale of val to avoid an
- // IllegalArgumentException for a negative power.
+ // ArithmeticException for a negative power.
valIntVal = valIntVal.multiply (BigInteger.valueOf (10).pow (-power));
power = 0;
}