diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index db12a3a035..6cea8a96e8 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Project: jackson-databind
  (reported, fix suggested by SunYiJun)
 #2990: Breaking API change in `BasicClassIntrospector` (2.12.0)
  (reported, fix contributed by Faron D)
-#3003: `JsonNode.requiredAt()` does NOT fail on some path expressions
+#3005: `JsonNode.requiredAt()` does NOT fail on some path expressions
 
 2.12.0 (29-Nov-2020)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ValueNode.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ValueNode.java
index b69c627969..9f0b201031 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ValueNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ValueNode.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ protected ValueNode() { }
 
     @Override
     protected JsonNode _at(JsonPointer ptr) {
-        // 02-Jan-2020, tatu: As per [databind#3003] must return `null` and NOT
+        // 02-Jan-2020, tatu: As per [databind#3005] must return `null` and NOT
         //    "missing node"
         return null;
     }