diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java
index 10df191741..01b29b8716 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ package org.alfresco.repo.audit;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-
+
 import org.alfresco.repo.audit.model.AuditApplication;
 import org.alfresco.repo.audit.model.AuditModelRegistry;
 import org.alfresco.repo.audit.model._3.AuditPath;
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ public interface AuditComponent
      * 
      * @param callback          the data callback per entry
      * @param parameters        the parameters for the query (may not be <tt>null</tt>)
-     * @param maxResults        the maximum number of results to retrieve (zero or negative to ignore)
+     * @param maxResults        the maximum number of results to retrieve (must be greater than 0)
+     * 
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if maxResults less or equal to zero
      * 
      * @since 3.2
      */
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/domain/audit/AuditDAO.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/domain/audit/AuditDAO.java
index 8984d24fee..3ba1cbaeaa 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/domain/audit/AuditDAO.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/domain/audit/AuditDAO.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
-
+
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.audit.AuditService.AuditQueryCallback;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentData;
 import org.alfresco.util.Pair;
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ public interface AuditDAO
      * 
      * @param callback          the data callback per entry
      * @param parameters        the parameters for the query (may not be <tt>null</tt>)
-     * @param maxResults        the maximum number of results to retrieve. Must be greater than 0.
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if maxResults < 1.
+     * @param maxResults        the maximum number of results to retrieve (must be greater than 0)
+     * 
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if maxResults less or equal to zero
      */
     void findAuditEntries(
             AuditQueryCallback callback,
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/audit/AuditService.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/audit/AuditService.java
index df422423be..892c4cfd93 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/audit/AuditService.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/audit/AuditService.java
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ public interface AuditService
      * 
      * @param callback          the callback that will handle results
      * @param parameters        the parameters for the query (may not be <tt>null</tt>)
-     * @param maxResults        the maximum number of results to retrieve (zero or negative to ignore)
+     * @param maxResults        the maximum number of results to retrieve (must be greater than 0)
+     * 
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if maxResults less or equal to zero
      * 
      * @since 3.3
      */