diff --git a/resources/checkstyle.xml b/resources/checkstyle.xml
index f191884b03..42490cc734 100644
--- a/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
         </module>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
         <module name="UnnecessaryParentheses"/>
-        <module name="UnusedImports"/>
+        <module name="UnusedImports">
+            <property name="processJavadoc" value="true"/>
+        </module>
         <module name="WhitespaceAfter">
             <property name="tokens" value="COMMA"/>
         </module>