diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FieldCache.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FieldCache.java
index 4296d34b0f6..590d784d77f 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FieldCache.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FieldCache.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public interface FieldCache {
    * Hack: When thrown from a Parser (NUMERIC_UTILS_* ones), this stops
    * processing terms and returns the current FieldCache
    * array.
+   * @lucene.internal
    */
   public static final class StopFillCacheException extends RuntimeException {
   }
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ public interface FieldCache {
   public static final IntParser NUMERIC_UTILS_INT_PARSER=new IntParser(){
     public int parseInt(BytesRef term) {
       if (NumericUtils.getPrefixCodedIntShift(term) > 0)
-        throw new FieldCacheImpl.StopFillCacheException();
+        throw new StopFillCacheException();
       return NumericUtils.prefixCodedToInt(term);
     }
     @Override
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ public interface FieldCache {
   public static final FloatParser NUMERIC_UTILS_FLOAT_PARSER=new FloatParser(){
     public float parseFloat(BytesRef term) {
       if (NumericUtils.getPrefixCodedIntShift(term) > 0)
-        throw new FieldCacheImpl.StopFillCacheException();
+        throw new StopFillCacheException();
       return NumericUtils.sortableIntToFloat(NumericUtils.prefixCodedToInt(term));
     }
     @Override
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ public interface FieldCache {
   public static final LongParser NUMERIC_UTILS_LONG_PARSER = new LongParser(){
     public long parseLong(BytesRef term) {
       if (NumericUtils.getPrefixCodedLongShift(term) > 0)
-        throw new FieldCacheImpl.StopFillCacheException();
+        throw new StopFillCacheException();
       return NumericUtils.prefixCodedToLong(term);
     }
     @Override
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ public interface FieldCache {
   public static final DoubleParser NUMERIC_UTILS_DOUBLE_PARSER = new DoubleParser(){
     public double parseDouble(BytesRef term) {
       if (NumericUtils.getPrefixCodedLongShift(term) > 0)
-        throw new FieldCacheImpl.StopFillCacheException();
+        throw new StopFillCacheException();
       return NumericUtils.sortableLongToDouble(NumericUtils.prefixCodedToLong(term));
     }
     @Override
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FieldCacheImpl.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FieldCacheImpl.java
index f9901f5b0e8..f3ec3478a82 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FieldCacheImpl.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FieldCacheImpl.java
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class FieldCacheImpl implements FieldCache {
               }
             }
           }
-        } catch (StopFillCacheException stop) {
+        } catch (FieldCache.StopFillCacheException stop) {
         }
       }
       if (setDocsWithField) {
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class FieldCacheImpl implements FieldCache {
               }
             }
           }
-        } catch (StopFillCacheException stop) {
+        } catch (FieldCache.StopFillCacheException stop) {
         }
       }
       if (setDocsWithField) {
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class FieldCacheImpl implements FieldCache {
               }
             }
           }
-        } catch (StopFillCacheException stop) {
+        } catch (FieldCache.StopFillCacheException stop) {
         }
       }
 
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ class FieldCacheImpl implements FieldCache {
               }
             }
           }
-        } catch (StopFillCacheException stop) {
+        } catch (FieldCache.StopFillCacheException stop) {
         }
       }
 
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ class FieldCacheImpl implements FieldCache {
               }
             }
           }
-        } catch (StopFillCacheException stop) {
+        } catch (FieldCache.StopFillCacheException stop) {
         }
       }
 
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ class FieldCacheImpl implements FieldCache {
               }
             }
           }
-        } catch (StopFillCacheException stop) {
+        } catch (FieldCache.StopFillCacheException stop) {
         }
       }
       if (retArray == null) { // no values