diff --git a/api/net/sf/briar/api/transport/ConnectionWriter.java b/api/net/sf/briar/api/transport/ConnectionWriter.java
index e931cf744..cfc623bc3 100644
--- a/api/net/sf/briar/api/transport/ConnectionWriter.java
+++ b/api/net/sf/briar/api/transport/ConnectionWriter.java
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ public interface ConnectionWriter {
 	OutputStream getOutputStream();
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the number of encrypted and authenticated bytes that can be
-	 * written without writing more than the given number of bytes, including
-	 * encryption and authentication overhead.
+	 * Returns the number of bytes that can be written to this writer without
+	 * outputting more than the given number of bytes, including encryption and
+	 * authentication overhead.
 	 */
 	long getCapacity(long capacity);
 }
diff --git a/components/net/sf/briar/transport/ConnectionEncrypter.java b/components/net/sf/briar/transport/ConnectionEncrypter.java
index bf272997b..8f25f27c3 100644
--- a/components/net/sf/briar/transport/ConnectionEncrypter.java
+++ b/components/net/sf/briar/transport/ConnectionEncrypter.java
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ interface ConnectionEncrypter {
 	void writeMac(byte[] mac) throws IOException;
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the number of encrypted bytes that can be written without
-	 * writing more than the given number of bytes, including encryption
-	 * overhead.
+	 * Returns the number of bytes that can be encrypted without outputting
+	 * more than the given number of bytes, including encryption overhead.
 	 */
 	long getCapacity(long capacity);
 }