diff a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/Permission.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/Permission.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/Permission.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/Permission.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
@@ -66,10 +66,13 @@
 public abstract class Permission implements Guard, java.io.Serializable {
 
     @java.io.Serial
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -5636570222231596674L;
 
+    /**
+     * The permission name.
+     */
     private String name;
 
     /**
      * Constructs a permission with the specified name.
      *
