diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/DescribeVPCsResponseHandler.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/DescribeVPCsResponseHandler.java
index 095f3e0084..51d5e047b4 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/DescribeVPCsResponseHandler.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/DescribeVPCsResponseHandler.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class DescribeVPCsResponseHandler extends
    }
 
    @Override
-   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+   public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) {
       if (inVpcSet) {
          vpcHandler.characters(ch, start, length);
       } else {
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/ReturnValueHandler.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/ReturnValueHandler.java
index 9fd6ef6f3d..fc5d924fbd 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/ReturnValueHandler.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/ReturnValueHandler.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ReturnValueHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Boolean> {
       currentText.setLength(0);
    }
 
-   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+   public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) {
       currentText.append(ch, start, length);
    }
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/VPCHandler.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/VPCHandler.java
index 2830d373c4..6eb3d344dc 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/VPCHandler.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/VPCHandler.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class VPCHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWithResult<VP
    }
 
    @Override
-   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+   public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) {
       if (inTagSet) {
          tagSetHandler.characters(ch, start, length);
       } else {