diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/lancedb/lance/Dataset.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/lancedb/lance/Dataset.java
index e59998ef26..4e322f2164 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/lancedb/lance/Dataset.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/lancedb/lance/Dataset.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public long latestVersion() {
   /**
    * Count the number of rows in the dataset.
    *
-   * @return num of rows.
+   * @return num of rows
    */
   public int countRows() {
     try (LockManager.ReadLock readLock = lockManager.acquireReadLock()) {