diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/Generics.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/Generics.qll
index ab76b651dc0..52d3b696680 100755
--- a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/Generics.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/Generics.qll
@@ -194,7 +194,10 @@ class TypeVariable extends BoundedType, @typevariable {
  * and the second wildcard has a lower bound of `Float`.
  */
 class Wildcard extends BoundedType, @wildcard {
-  /** Holds if this wildcard has an upper bound. */
+  /**
+   * Holds if this wildcard is either unconstrained (i.e. `?`) or
+   * has an upper bound.
+   */
   predicate hasUpperBound() { wildcards(this, _, 1) }
 
   /** Holds if this wildcard has a lower bound. */