diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtils.java
index 735617863..db1161368 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtils.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class ObjectUtils {
      * has another meaning.
      *
      * <p>For example, in a {@link HashMap} the
-     * {@link java.util.HashMap#get(java.lang.Object)} method returns
+     * {@link java.util.HashMap#get(Object)} method returns
      * {@code null} if the {@link Map} contains {@code null} or if there is
      * no matching key. The {@code null} placeholder can be used to distinguish
      * between these two cases.</p>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class ObjectUtils {
      * {@code null} has another meaning.
      *
      * <p>For example, in a {@link HashMap} the
-     * {@link java.util.HashMap#get(java.lang.Object)} method returns
+     * {@link java.util.HashMap#get(Object)} method returns
      * {@code null} if the {@link Map} contains {@code null} or if there
      * is no matching key. The {@code null} placeholder can be used to
      * distinguish between these two cases.</p>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringBuilder.java
index 9779853ca..39c88185a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringBuilder.java
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ public class ToStringBuilder implements Builder<String> {
     /**
      * Appends with the same format as the default <code>Object toString()
      * </code> method. Appends the class name followed by
-     * {@link System#identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)}.
+     * {@link System#identityHashCode(Object)}.
      *
      * @param srcObject  the {@link Object} whose class name and id to output
      * @return this
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/concurrent/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/concurrent/package-info.java
index 7ff093401..a283a86d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/concurrent/package-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/concurrent/package-info.java
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
  * The nested {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.BasicThreadFactory.Builder} class defines some methods for
  * configuring the new {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.BasicThreadFactory} instance. Objects of this class
  * are immutable, so these attributes cannot be changed later. The naming pattern is a string which can be passed to
- * {@link java.lang.String#format(java.util.Locale, String, Object...)}. The placeholder <em>%d</em> is replaced by an
+ * {@link String#format(java.util.Locale, String, Object...)}. The placeholder <em>%d</em> is replaced by an
  * increasing counter value. An instance can wrap another {@link java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory} implementation;
  * this is achieved by calling the builder's
  * {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.BasicThreadFactory.Builder#wrappedFactory(java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtils.java
index 68de4ccab..71f5f65fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtils.java
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public class TypeUtils {
      * parameter of {@link java.util.SortedSet}, which in turn sets the
      * parameter of {@link Set}, which in turn sets the parameter of
      * {@link java.util.Collection}, which in turn sets the parameter of
-     * {@link java.lang.Iterable}. Since {@link TreeSet}'s parameter maps
+     * {@link Iterable}. Since {@link TreeSet}'s parameter maps
      * (indirectly) to {@link Iterable}'s parameter, it will be able to
      * determine that based on the super type {@code Iterable<? extends
      * Map<Integer, ? extends Collection<?>>>}, the parameter of