diff --git a/lucene/build.xml b/lucene/build.xml
index 3a45c758587..131c04fe53e 100644
--- a/lucene/build.xml
+++ b/lucene/build.xml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
       <check-missing-javadocs dir="build/docs/grouping" level="class"/>
       <check-missing-javadocs dir="build/docs/highlighter" level="class"/>
       <check-missing-javadocs dir="build/docs/join" level="method"/>
-      <check-missing-javadocs dir="build/docs/memory" level="class"/>
+      <check-missing-javadocs dir="build/docs/memory" level="method"/>
       <check-missing-javadocs dir="build/docs/misc" level="class"/>
       <!-- queries: problems -->
       <!-- queryparser: problems -->