diff --git a/modules/transports/core/nhttp/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/transport/certificatevalidation/CertificateVerificationManager.java b/modules/transports/core/nhttp/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/transport/certificatevalidation/CertificateVerificationManager.java
index 3ff125fd6d..ed70bc8f5a 100644
--- a/modules/transports/core/nhttp/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/transport/certificatevalidation/CertificateVerificationManager.java
+++ b/modules/transports/core/nhttp/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/transport/certificatevalidation/CertificateVerificationManager.java
@@ -241,10 +241,8 @@ private X509Certificate[] convert(javax.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs)
     /**
      * Checks whether a provided certificate is expired or not at the time it is validated.
      *
-     * @param certificates
-     * @throws CertificateNotYetValidException
-     * @throws CertificateExpiredException
-     * @throws CertificateVerificationException
+     * @param certificates array of certificates needs to be validated
+     * @throws CertificateVerificationException if one of the certs are expired, this exception will be thrown
      */
     public void isExpired(javax.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certificates) throws CertificateVerificationException {