diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 9f12d51999..0d5a1110ad 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ class Request
      * flexibility in controllers, it is better to explicitly get request parameters from the appropriate
      * public property instead (attributes, query, request).
      *
-     * Order of precedence: PATH (routing placeholders or custom attributes), GET, BODY
+     * Order of precedence: PATH (routing placeholders or custom attributes), GET, POST
      *
      * @param string $key     The key
      * @param mixed  $default The default value if the parameter key does not exist