diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/ItemServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/ItemServiceImpl.java
index 656cca3a5b..5b5da0ee9e 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/ItemServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/ItemServiceImpl.java
@@ -1291,7 +1291,8 @@ prevent the generation of resource policy entry values with null dspace_object a
      */
     @Override
     public List<MetadataValue> getMetadata(Item item, String schema, String element, String qualifier, String lang) {
-        //Fields of the relation schema are virtual metadata except for relation.type which is the type of item in the model
+        //Fields of the relation schema are virtual metadata
+        //except for relation.type which is the type of item in the model
         if (StringUtils.equals(schema, MetadataSchemaEnum.RELATION.getName()) && !StringUtils.equals(element, "type")) {
 
             List<MetadataValue> relationMetadata = getRelationshipMetadata(item, false);