diff --git a/conf/cassandra-env.sh b/conf/cassandra-env.sh
index a640847644..7df3598db2 100644
--- a/conf/cassandra-env.sh
+++ b/conf/cassandra-env.sh
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file=/etc/cassandra/
 # To use mx4j, an HTML interface for JMX, add mx4j-tools.jar to the lib/
 # directory.
 # See http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/3.11/operating/metrics.html#jmx
-# By default mx4j listens on 0.0.0.0:8081. Uncomment the following lines
+# By default mx4j listens on the broadcast_address, port 8081. Uncomment the following lines
 # to control its listen address and port.
 #MX4J_ADDRESS="-Dmx4jaddress=127.0.0.1"
 #MX4J_PORT="-Dmx4jport=8081"
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/Mx4jTool.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/Mx4jTool.java
index 77a6013522..5895c881e4 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/Mx4jTool.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/Mx4jTool.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  * If mx4j-tools is in the classpath call maybeLoad to load the HTTP interface of mx4j.
  *
  * The default port is 8081. To override that provide e.g. -Dmx4jport=8082
- * The default listen address is 0.0.0.0. To override that provide -Dmx4jaddress=127.0.0.1
+ * The default listen address is the broadcast_address. To override that provide -Dmx4jaddress=127.0.0.1
  */
 public class Mx4jTool
 {