diff --git a/xml/System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates/X509Certificate.xml b/xml/System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates/X509Certificate.xml
index 676251844af..0d6e23e2cda 100644
--- a/xml/System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates/X509Certificate.xml
+++ b/xml/System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates/X509Certificate.xml
@@ -3308,8 +3308,8 @@ The output of this method is equivalent to the output of the <xref:System.Securi
       </ReturnValue>
       <Parameters />
       <Docs>
-        <summary>Returns the serial number of the X.509v3 certificate as a little-endian hexadecimal string .</summary>
-        <returns>The serial number of the X.509 certificate as a little-endian hexadecimal string.</returns>
+        <summary>Returns the serial number of the X.509v3 certificate as a big-endian hexadecimal string.</summary>
+        <returns>The serial number of the X.509 certificate as a big-endian hexadecimal string.</returns>
         <remarks>
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