diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index 13453dee9..67a566e33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -4385,7 +4385,6 @@ public static String chop(String str) {
      * @param repeat  number of times to repeat str, negative treated as zero
      * @return a new String consisting of the original String repeated,
      *  <code>null</code> if null String input
-     * @since 2.5
      */
     public static String repeat(String str, int repeat) {
         // Performance tuned for 2.0 (JDK1.4)
@@ -4449,6 +4448,7 @@ public static String repeat(String str, int repeat) {
      * @param repeat     number of times to repeat str, negative treated as zero
      * @return a new String consisting of the original String repeated,
      *  <code>null</code> if null String input
+     * @since 2.5
      */
     public static String repeat(String str, String separator, int repeat) {
         if(str == null || separator == null) {