diff --git a/dev-tools/scripts/checkJavaDocs.py b/dev-tools/scripts/checkJavaDocs.py
index 7c9244cc427..c9aabcb68c5 100644
--- a/dev-tools/scripts/checkJavaDocs.py
+++ b/dev-tools/scripts/checkJavaDocs.py
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ def checkPackageSummaries(root, level='class'):
   True if there are problems.
   """
 
-  if level != 'class' and level != 'package' and level != 'method':
-    print('unsupported level: %s, must be "class" or "package" or "method"' % level)
+  if level != 'class' and level != 'package' and level != 'method' and level != 'none':
+    print('unsupported level: %s, must be "class" or "package" or "method" or "none"' % level)
     sys.exit(1)
   
   #for dirPath, dirNames, fileNames in os.walk('%s/lucene/build/docs/api' % root):
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def checkPackageSummaries(root, level='class'):
       continue
 
     if 'package-summary.html' in fileNames:
-      if level != 'package' and checkSummary('%s/package-summary.html' % dirPath):
+      if (level == 'class' or level == 'method') and checkSummary('%s/package-summary.html' % dirPath):
         anyMissing = True
       for fileName in fileNames:
         fullPath = '%s/%s' % (dirPath, fileName)
@@ -342,14 +342,14 @@ def checkPackageSummaries(root, level='class'):
             anyMissing = True
               
     if 'overview-summary.html' in fileNames:        
-      if checkSummary('%s/overview-summary.html' % dirPath):
+      if level != 'none' and checkSummary('%s/overview-summary.html' % dirPath):
         anyMissing = True
 
   return anyMissing
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   if len(sys.argv) < 2 or len(sys.argv) > 3:
-    print('usage: %s <dir> [class|package|method]' % sys.argv[0])
+    print('usage: %s <dir> [none|package|class|method]' % sys.argv[0])
     sys.exit(1)
   if len(sys.argv) == 2:
     level = 'class'
diff --git a/solr/build.xml b/solr/build.xml
index 1f939b4d1a1..29953ff1b18 100644
--- a/solr/build.xml
+++ b/solr/build.xml
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@
   <!-- TODO: also integrate checkJavaDocs.py, which does more checks -->
   <target name="javadocs-lint" depends="javadocs">
     <check-broken-links dir="build/docs"/>
+    <!-- TODO: add missing package.htmls and bump this to level=package -->
+    <!-- <check-missing-javadocs dir="build/docs" level="none"/> -->
   </target>
  
   <!-- install-maven-tasks is *not* a useless dependency. do not remove -->