diff --git a/properties/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/javaprop/io/Latin1Reader.java b/properties/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/javaprop/io/Latin1Reader.java
index efe99c4d..c5ad0570 100644
--- a/properties/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/javaprop/io/Latin1Reader.java
+++ b/properties/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/javaprop/io/Latin1Reader.java
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ public int read(char[] cbuf, int start, int len) throws IOException
      */
 
     /**
-     * @param available Number of "unused" bytes in the input buffer
-     *
      * @return True, if enough bytes were read to allow decoding of at least
      *   one full character; false if EOF was encountered instead.
      */