diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Fingerprint.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Fingerprint.java
index 1502b5eb4c..cfcce585b0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Fingerprint.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Fingerprint.java
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ public class Fingerprint implements ModelObject {
      * Gets the string that says how long since this build has scheduled.
      *
      * @return
-     *      string like "3 minutes ago" "1 day ago" etc.
+     *      string like "3 minutes" "1 day" etc.
      */
     public String getTimestampString() {
         long duration = System.currentTimeMillis()-timestamp.getTime();