diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/AbstractFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/AbstractFileSystem.java
index e6600b1d5f7..9b0bab11afb 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/AbstractFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/AbstractFileSystem.java
@@ -848,7 +848,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSystem implements PathCapabilities {
 
   /**
    * Synchronize client metadata state.
-   * <p/>In some FileSystem implementations such as HDFS metadata
+   * <p>
+   * In some FileSystem implementations such as HDFS metadata
    * synchronization is essential to guarantee consistency of read requests
    * particularly in HA setting.
    * @throws IOException
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
index 3f3b10efe36..ff5091c776b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
@@ -2592,7 +2592,8 @@ public abstract class FileSystem extends Configured
 
   /**
    * Synchronize client metadata state.
-   * <p/>In some FileSystem implementations such as HDFS metadata
+   * <p>
+   * In some FileSystem implementations such as HDFS metadata
    * synchronization is essential to guarantee consistency of read requests
    * particularly in HA setting.
    * @throws IOException
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
index 60ce8cd3de3..b014222fea5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ public class Hdfs extends AbstractFileSystem {
 
   /**
    * Synchronize client metadata state with Active NameNode.
-   * <p/>In HA the client synchronizes its state with the Active NameNode
+   * <p>
+   * In HA the client synchronizes its state with the Active NameNode
    * in order to guarantee subsequent read consistency from Observer Nodes.
    * @throws IOException
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
index 953ff45f100..abf56a5474a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
@@ -1616,7 +1616,8 @@ public class DistributedFileSystem extends FileSystem
 
   /**
    * Synchronize client metadata state with Active NameNode.
-   * <p/>In HA the client synchronizes its state with the Active NameNode
+   * <p>
+   * In HA the client synchronizes its state with the Active NameNode
    * in order to guarantee subsequent read consistency from Observer Nodes.
    * @throws IOException
    */