From f93fc72049a09d74a7f3d306dfcf473da42b59e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhavi Solanki <madhavisolanki02@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:06:15 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Improve documentation and readability in LinearSearch

---
 src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
index 3f273e167f0a..a76f1cace3ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ public class LinearSearch implements SearchAlgorithm {
      *
      * @param array List to be searched
      * @param value Key being searched for
-     * @return Location of the key, -1 if array is null or empty, or key not found
+     * @return Index of the key if found; otherwise -1 if the array is null, empty, or the key is not found
      */
     @Override
     public <T extends Comparable<T>> int find(T[] array, T value) {
 
-        if (array == null || array.length == 0 || value == null) {
+        if (array == null || array.length == 0) {
             return -1;
         }