diff --git a/tests/daemon/face/dummy-face.hpp b/tests/daemon/face/dummy-face.hpp
index 34f2d09..e4c68b3 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/face/dummy-face.hpp
+++ b/tests/daemon/face/dummy-face.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2015,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             ndn::nfd::LinkType linkType = ndn::nfd::LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
 
   /** \brief changes face state
-   *  \pre current state is not CLOSED or FAILED
+   *  \throw std::runtime_error state transition is invalid
    */
   void
   setState(FaceState state);