diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/FieldType.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/FieldType.java
index 58f1a29dc6d..e0f138d7631 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/FieldType.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/FieldType.java
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ public abstract class FieldType extends FieldProperties {
    * check that it's initialization does not violate any fundemental 
    * requirements of the <code>FieldType</code>.  The default implementation 
    * does nothing, but subclasses may chose to throw a {@link SolrException}  
-   * if invariants are violated by the <code>SchemaField.
+   * if invariants are violated by the <code>SchemaField.</code>
    * </p>
    */
   public void checkSchemaField(final SchemaField field) throws SolrException {