diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionInterceptor.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionInterceptor.java
index 1882dee89f1f..085268d4afdf 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionInterceptor.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionInterceptor.java
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ public TransactionInterceptor() {
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new TransactionInterceptor.
-	 * @param ptm the default transaction manager to perform the actual transaction management
+	 * @param tm the default transaction manager to perform the actual transaction management
 	 * @param tas the attribute source to be used to find transaction attributes
 	 * @since 5.2.5
 	 * @see #setTransactionManager
 	 * @see #setTransactionAttributeSource
 	 */
-	public TransactionInterceptor(TransactionManager ptm, TransactionAttributeSource tas) {
-		setTransactionManager(ptm);
+	public TransactionInterceptor(TransactionManager tm, TransactionAttributeSource tas) {
+		setTransactionManager(tm);
 		setTransactionAttributeSource(tas);
 	}