diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
index d339e1b838..17ca720905 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -4846,7 +4846,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
 
     protected void printPackage(JavaWriter out, Definition definition, Mode mode) {
         out.println("/*");
-        out.println(" * This class is generated by jOOQ");
+        out.println(" * This file is generated by jOOQ");
         out.println(" */");
 
         if (scala)