diff a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmti.xml b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmti.xml
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmti.xml
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmti.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="jvmti.xsl"?>
 <!--
- Copyright (c) 2002, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ Copyright (c) 2002, 2026, 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.
@@ -5886,10 +5886,13 @@
         </param>
         <param id="value_ptr">
           <outptr><jobject/></outptr>
             <description>
               On return, points to the variable's value.
+              If the frame's method is a value object constructor and
+              the requested local is the "<code>this</code>" object, the
+              value_ptr is set to a snapshot of the "<code>this</code>" object.
             </description>
         </param>
       </parameters>
       <errors>
         <error id="JVMTI_ERROR_INVALID_SLOT">
@@ -5939,10 +5942,12 @@
         </param>
         <param id="value_ptr">
           <outptr><jobject/></outptr>
             <description>
               On return, points to the variable's value.
+              If the frame's method is a value object constructor, the 
+              value_ptr is set to a snapshot of the "<code>this</code>" object.
             </description>
         </param>
       </parameters>
       <errors>
         <error id="JVMTI_ERROR_INVALID_SLOT">