diff --git a/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder.java
index 04dbaeac3d6..7e39c2fe5d6 100644
--- a/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder setClientTls(byte[] privateKeyPem, byte[] certi
   }
 
   /**
-   * Set the retry policy to use by the client
+   * Set the retry policy to use by the client.
    * 
    * @param retryPolicy The retry policy.
    * @return this.