src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/vm/ThreadDumper.java

@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@
      }
  
      private static boolean dumpThread(Thread thread, TextWriter writer) {
          ThreadSnapshot snapshot = ThreadSnapshot.of(thread);
          if (snapshot == null) {
-             return false; // thread terminated
+             return false; // thread not alive
          }
          Instant now = Instant.now();
          Thread.State state = snapshot.threadState();
          writer.println("#" + thread.threadId() + " \"" + snapshot.threadName()
                  + "\" " + (thread.isVirtual() ? "virtual " : "") + state + " " + now);

@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@
       */
      private static boolean dumpThread(Thread thread, JsonWriter jsonWriter) {
          Instant now = Instant.now();
          ThreadSnapshot snapshot = ThreadSnapshot.of(thread);
          if (snapshot == null) {
-             return false; // thread terminated
+             return false; // thread not alive
          }
          Thread.State state = snapshot.threadState();
          StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = snapshot.stackTrace();
  
          jsonWriter.startObject();