--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/AbstractList.java	2019-05-13 17:16:08.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/AbstractList.java	2019-05-13 17:16:07.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2019, 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
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@
 
     // Comparison and hashing
 
+    // FIXME: the first paragraph below is copied from Set.equals, because
+    // {@inheritDoc} inherits text from superclasses, not interfaces (see JDK-6376959).
     /**
      * Compares the specified object with this list for equality.  Returns
      * {@code true} if and only if the specified object is also a list, both
@@ -519,7 +521,9 @@
      * the two lists are <i>equal</i>.  (Two elements {@code e1} and
      * {@code e2} are <i>equal</i> if {@code (e1==null ? e2==null :
      * e1.equals(e2))}.)  In other words, two lists are defined to be
-     * equal if they contain the same elements in the same order.
+     * equal if they contain the same elements in the same order.  This
+     * definition ensures that the {@code equals} method works properly across
+     * different implementations of the {@code List} interface.
      *
      * @implSpec
      * This implementation first checks if the specified object is this