The nanos *are* hard to describe non-confusingly - resisting the urge to fix more globally.
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/Instant.java +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/Instant.java @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ * <p> * The epoch second count is a simple incrementing count of seconds where * second 0 is 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. - * The nanosecond part of the day is returned by {@link #getNano}. + * The nanosecond part is returned by {@link #getNano}. * * @return the seconds from the epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z */