diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
index 4cb9973..7147542 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the message of the throwable if available, otherwise, .toString() is returned
+     * Returns the message of the throwable if of type IFormattedException, otherwise, .toString() is returned
      *
-     * @param e exception
+     * @param e throwable
      * @return error message
      */
     public static String getMessageOrToString(Throwable e) {