https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8219992 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8219992>
Proposed change included below (excluding copyright year update); CSR to follow. Thanks, Brian --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/PrintWriter.java +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/PrintWriter.java @@ -704,9 +704,8 @@ /** * Terminates the current line by writing the line separator string. The - * line separator string is defined by the system property - * {@code line.separator}, and is not necessarily a single newline - * character ({@code '\n'}). + * line separator string is defined by the {@link System#lineSeparator()} + * method, and is not necessarily a single newline character ({@code '\n'}). */ public void println() {