diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PVector.java b/core/src/processing/core/PVector.java
index 405fe3bc1..b4382de89 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PVector.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PVector.java
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ public class PVector implements Serializable {
    * @usage web_application
    * @brief Linear interpolate the vector to another vector
    * @param v the vector to lerp to
-   * @param amt  The amount of interpolation; some value between 0.0 (old vector) and 1.0 (new vector). 0.1 is very near the new vector. 0.5 is halfway in between.
+   * @param amt  The amount of interpolation; some value between 0.0 (old vector) and 1.0 (new vector). 0.1 is very near the old vector; 0.5 is halfway in between.
    * @see PApplet#lerp(float, float, float)
    */
   public PVector lerp(PVector v, float amt) {