diff --git a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/SimpleMetadataDecoder.java b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/SimpleMetadataDecoder.java
index 7919ef18dc..362305f188 100644
--- a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/SimpleMetadataDecoder.java
+++ b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/SimpleMetadataDecoder.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public abstract class SimpleMetadataDecoder implements MetadataDecoder {
 
   /**
    * Called by {@link #decode(MetadataInputBuffer)} after input buffer validation has been
-   * performed, except in the case that {@link MetadataInputBuffer#isDecodeOnly()} is {@code true}.
+   * performed.
    *
    * @param inputBuffer The input buffer to decode.
    * @param buffer The input buffer's {@link MetadataInputBuffer#data data buffer}, for convenience.