diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/NumberUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/NumberUtils.java
index b966e8227..78a63218f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/NumberUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/NumberUtils.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ && isDigits(numeric.substring(1))
                         try {
                             return createLong(numeric);
                         } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
-                            //Too big for a long
+                            ; //Too big for a long
                         }
                         return createBigInteger(numeric);
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/SerializationUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/SerializationUtils.java
index 6fc8280d3..c06d1abfe 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/SerializationUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/SerializationUtils.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public static void serialize(Serializable obj, OutputStream outputStream) {
                     out.close();
                 }
             } catch (IOException ex) {
-                // ignore;
+                ; // ignore
             }
         }
     }
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public static Object deserialize(InputStream inputStream) {
                     in.close();
                 }
             } catch (IOException ex) {
-                // ignore
+                ; // ignore
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/enum/Enum.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/enum/Enum.java
index 78c23e2eb..75483b16d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/enum/Enum.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/enum/Enum.java
@@ -548,11 +548,11 @@ public final boolean equals(Object other) {
                 String name = (String) mth.invoke(other, null);
                 return iName.equals(name);
             } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                // ignore - should never happen
+                ; // ignore - should never happen
             } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-                // ignore - should never happen
+                ; // ignore - should never happen
             } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-                // ignore - should never happen
+                ; // ignore - should never happen
             }
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/enums/Enum.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/enums/Enum.java
index 2bd046d2c..11a38556e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/enums/Enum.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/enums/Enum.java
@@ -548,11 +548,11 @@ public final boolean equals(Object other) {
                 String name = (String) mth.invoke(other, null);
                 return iName.equals(name);
             } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                // ignore - should never happen
+                ; // ignore - should never happen
             } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-                // ignore - should never happen
+                ; // ignore - should never happen
             } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-                // ignore - should never happen
+                ; // ignore - should never happen
             }
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/NumberUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/NumberUtils.java
index 093144280..0fe4bb9a7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/NumberUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/math/NumberUtils.java
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ && isDigits(numeric.substring(1))
                         try {
                             return createLong(numeric);
                         } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
-                            //Too big for a long
+                            ; //Too big for a long
                         }
                         return createBigInteger(numeric);