diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterIndexReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterIndexReader.java
index 9862cef7bac..862549f1a0b 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterIndexReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterIndexReader.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class FilterIndexReader extends IndexReader {
    * Directory locking for delete, undeleteAll, and setNorm operations is
    * left to the base reader.</p>
    * <p>Note that base reader is closed if this FilterIndexReader is closed.</p>
-   * @param in specified base reader.
+   * @param baseReader specified base reader.
    */
   public FilterIndexReader(IndexReader baseReader) {
     super(baseReader.directory());
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiReader.java
index 9844985cd9c..fc0f45ef738 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiReader.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class MultiReader extends IndexReader {
   * Directory locking for delete, undeleteAll, and setNorm operations is
   * left to the subreaders. </p>
   * <p>Note that all subreaders are closed if this Multireader is closed.</p>
-  * @param readers set of (sub)readers
+  * @param subReaders set of (sub)readers
   * @throws IOException
   */
   public MultiReader(IndexReader[] subReaders) throws IOException {