diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 52f2cd94c87..53fbdcd1f82 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5950. incorrect description in distcp2 document (Akira AJISAKA 
       via aw)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5998. CompositeInputFormat javadoc is broken (Akira AJISAKA via
+      aw)
 
 Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/join/CompositeInputFormat.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/join/CompositeInputFormat.java
index b177e8b8c00..40690e7541f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/join/CompositeInputFormat.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/join/CompositeInputFormat.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reporter;
 /**
  * An InputFormat capable of performing joins over a set of data sources sorted
  * and partitioned the same way.
- * @see #setFormat
  *
  * A user may define new join types by setting the property
  * <tt>mapred.join.define.&lt;ident&gt;</tt> to a classname. In the expression
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reporter;
  * ComposableRecordReader.
  * <tt>mapred.join.keycomparator</tt> can be a classname used to compare keys
  * in the join.
+ * @see #setFormat
  * @see JoinRecordReader
  * @see MultiFilterRecordReader
  */
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/join/CompositeInputFormat.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/join/CompositeInputFormat.java
index bfb4bf14045..6189a271bc3 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/join/CompositeInputFormat.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/join/CompositeInputFormat.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
 /**
  * An InputFormat capable of performing joins over a set of data sources sorted
  * and partitioned the same way.
- * @see #setFormat
  *
  * A user may define new join types by setting the property
  * <tt>mapreduce.join.define.&lt;ident&gt;</tt> to a classname. 
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
  * assumed to be a ComposableRecordReader.
  * <tt>mapreduce.join.keycomparator</tt> can be a classname used to compare 
  * keys in the join.
+ * @see #setFormat
  * @see JoinRecordReader
  * @see MultiFilterRecordReader
  */