diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/LinkCollectionIntent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/LinkCollectionIntent.java
index 4c193ee..1b465aa 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/LinkCollectionIntent.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/LinkCollectionIntent.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     private final ConnectPoint egressPoint;
 
     /**
-     * Creates a new point-to-point intent with the supplied ingress/egress
-     * ports and using the specified explicit path.
+     * Creates a new actionable intent capable of funneling the selected
+     * traffic along the specified convergent tree and out the given egress point.
      *
      * @param appId       application identifier
      * @param selector    traffic match