diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/classification/InterfaceStability.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/classification/InterfaceStability.java
index fbcac0d77b8..9ae3e98e9fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/classification/InterfaceStability.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/classification/InterfaceStability.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Public;
  * <li>Classes that are {@link Private} are to be considered unstable unless
  * a different InterfaceStability annotation states otherwise.</li>
  * <li>Incompatible changes must not be made to classes marked as stable.</li>
+ * </ul>
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Public
 @InterfaceStability.Evolving