From 42cbe0734ecb522d61a2fe2ac2f63ef76064a8ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen Mansel-Chan <owen-mc@github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:39:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Specify what lock types are considered in qhelp

---
 java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/UnreleasedLock.qhelp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/UnreleasedLock.qhelp b/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/UnreleasedLock.qhelp
index e3029c6249d..faf03c338bd 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/UnreleasedLock.qhelp	
+++ b/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/UnreleasedLock.qhelp	
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ it multiple times, for example <code>java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock</c
 then the number of locks must match the number of unlocks in order to fully
 release the lock.
 </p>
+<p>
+Any class that has both <code>lock</code> and <code>unlock</code> methods is
+considered a lock type. However, classes with names ending in "Pool" are excluded,
+as they typically manage a collection of resources.
+</p>
 </overview>
 
 <recommendation>