diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/ExistsFieldQueryExtension.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/ExistsFieldQueryExtension.java
index cb4bee30aaa..7c3e8652c07 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/ExistsFieldQueryExtension.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/ExistsFieldQueryExtension.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.ExistsQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryShardContext;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ExistsFieldQueryExtension implements FieldQueryExtension {
 
     public static final String NAME = "_exists_";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/FieldQueryExtension.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/FieldQueryExtension.java
index 299a37a1550..6d7e6dc6eca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/FieldQueryExtension.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/FieldQueryExtension.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryShardContext;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface FieldQueryExtension {
 
     Query query(QueryShardContext context, String queryText);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/search/vectorhighlight/CustomFieldQuery.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/search/vectorhighlight/CustomFieldQuery.java
index d360a9d68bd..f58d4b47424 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/search/vectorhighlight/CustomFieldQuery.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/search/vectorhighlight/CustomFieldQuery.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.search.function.FunctionScoreQuery;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 // LUCENE MONITOR
 // TODO: remove me!
 public class CustomFieldQuery extends FieldQuery {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/StoreRateLimiting.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/StoreRateLimiting.java
index 3f5e10cb895..8e25d812e92 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/StoreRateLimiting.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/StoreRateLimiting.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.store.RateLimiter.SimpleRateLimiter;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class StoreRateLimiting {
 
     public interface Provider {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/StoreUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/StoreUtils.java
index b7de08b1ec1..c26bbbac353 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/StoreUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/StoreUtils.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.lucene.store;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-/**
- */
 public final class StoreUtils {
 
     private StoreUtils() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchParseException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchParseException.java
index 1358ef54d9d..cdccdb8da95 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchParseException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchParseException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ElasticsearchParseException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public ElasticsearchParseException(String msg, Object... args) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchWrapperException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchWrapperException.java
index 79e501b537a..0b809e0923b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchWrapperException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchWrapperException.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface ElasticsearchWrapperException {
 
     Throwable getCause();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
index 163fc22e7b7..65cb867bec9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.monitor.jvm.JvmInfo;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class Version {
     /*
      * The logic for ID is: XXYYZZAA, where XX is major version, YY is minor version, ZZ is revision, and AA is alpha/beta/rc indicator AA
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionRequest.java
index 970afa413cc..e8dd639c4df 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionRequest.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class ActionRequest<Request extends ActionRequest<Request>> extends TransportRequest {
 
     public ActionRequest() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionRequestBuilder.java
index 8cbc405dafb..076d4ae67f6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionRequestBuilder.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class ActionRequestBuilder<Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse, RequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder>> {
 
     protected final Action<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> action;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/FailedNodeException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/FailedNodeException.java
index f6e680f2dab..bf9aad0d39e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/FailedNodeException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/FailedNodeException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FailedNodeException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     private final String nodeId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/NoShardAvailableActionException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/NoShardAvailableActionException.java
index 00562af99c5..af40a7a672e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/NoShardAvailableActionException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/NoShardAvailableActionException.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NoShardAvailableActionException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public NoShardAvailableActionException(ShardId shardId) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/NoSuchNodeException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/NoSuchNodeException.java
index 3f8ce1441c5..0d800cd99c3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/NoSuchNodeException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/NoSuchNodeException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NoSuchNodeException extends FailedNodeException {
 
     public NoSuchNodeException(String nodeId) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/PrimaryMissingActionException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/PrimaryMissingActionException.java
index f364bdb9aef..6e9ff68f5e9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/PrimaryMissingActionException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/PrimaryMissingActionException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PrimaryMissingActionException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public PrimaryMissingActionException(String message) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/RoutingMissingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/RoutingMissingException.java
index 86bca96d744..1ecd9593e1c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/RoutingMissingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/RoutingMissingException.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RoutingMissingException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     private final String type;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ThreadingModel.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ThreadingModel.java
index a4e020d9f08..996ebc9d6cc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ThreadingModel.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ThreadingModel.java
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum ThreadingModel {
     NONE((byte) 0),
     OPERATION((byte) 1),
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/TimestampParsingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/TimestampParsingException.java
index 0764bb502c0..c8401969d7e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/TimestampParsingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/TimestampParsingException.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TimestampParsingException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     private final String timestamp;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/UnavailableShardsException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/UnavailableShardsException.java
index e2cff9244ea..ac39bd91f2b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/UnavailableShardsException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/UnavailableShardsException.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UnavailableShardsException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public UnavailableShardsException(@Nullable ShardId shardId, String message, Object... args) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ValidateActions.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ValidateActions.java
index d0ade0695fd..d748ba59e01 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ValidateActions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ValidateActions.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ValidateActions {
 
     public static ActionRequestValidationException addValidationError(String error, ActionRequestValidationException validationException) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthAction.java
index 9770b05bae0..786b3185116 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterHealthAction extends Action<ClusterHealthRequest, ClusterHealthResponse, ClusterHealthRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ClusterHealthAction INSTANCE = new ClusterHealthAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthRequest.java
index 47e0ecd7f74..ef206d0183b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthRequest.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterHealthRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<ClusterHealthRequest> implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {
 
     private String[] indices;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthRequestBuilder.java
index 1a82cf8cb1c..6716591f7a6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthRequestBuilder.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.health.ClusterHealthStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Priority;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterHealthRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<ClusterHealthRequest, ClusterHealthResponse, ClusterHealthRequestBuilder> {
 
     public ClusterHealthRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, ClusterHealthAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthResponse.java
index d483ae86bf7..e4a575dcf79 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthResponse.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterHealthResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXContent {
     private String clusterName;
     private int numberOfPendingTasks = 0;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/TransportClusterHealthAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/TransportClusterHealthAction.java
index 93140794240..7a5e5eef08a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/TransportClusterHealthAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/TransportClusterHealthAction.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportClusterHealthAction extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<ClusterHealthRequest, ClusterHealthResponse> {
 
     private final GatewayAllocator gatewayAllocator;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodeHotThreads.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodeHotThreads.java
index 635be28a646..7268f962cee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodeHotThreads.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodeHotThreads.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodeHotThreads extends BaseNodeResponse {
 
     private String hotThreads;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsAction.java
index 7010b4cb143..57ca90288ce 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.hotthreads;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodesHotThreadsAction extends Action<NodesHotThreadsRequest, NodesHotThreadsResponse, NodesHotThreadsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final NodesHotThreadsAction INSTANCE = new NodesHotThreadsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsRequest.java
index e3df7f57312..60b03c710af 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsRequest.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodesHotThreadsRequest extends BaseNodesRequest<NodesHotThreadsRequest> {
 
     int threads = 3;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsRequestBuilder.java
index 60001f50b62..1709151e824 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.NodesOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodesHotThreadsRequestBuilder extends NodesOperationRequestBuilder<NodesHotThreadsRequest, NodesHotThreadsResponse, NodesHotThreadsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public NodesHotThreadsRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, NodesHotThreadsAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsResponse.java
index 3136f2b6826..44c38cb4f9a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/NodesHotThreadsResponse.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodesHotThreadsResponse extends BaseNodesResponse<NodeHotThreads> {
 
     NodesHotThreadsResponse() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/TransportNodesHotThreadsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/TransportNodesHotThreadsAction.java
index 73403f40318..da45a3e4027 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/TransportNodesHotThreadsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/hotthreads/TransportNodesHotThreadsAction.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportNodesHotThreadsAction extends TransportNodesAction<NodesHotThreadsRequest,
                                                                          NodesHotThreadsResponse,
                                                                          TransportNodesHotThreadsAction.NodeRequest,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoAction.java
index adfd9481e74..afc90c3c1ef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodesInfoAction extends Action<NodesInfoRequest, NodesInfoResponse, NodesInfoRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final NodesInfoAction INSTANCE = new NodesInfoAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoRequestBuilder.java
index 16befb79aab..12221016160 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.NodesOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NodesInfoRequestBuilder extends NodesOperationRequestBuilder<NodesInfoRequest, NodesInfoResponse, NodesInfoRequestBuilder> {
 
     public NodesInfoRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, NodesInfoAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoResponse.java
index 2d273bef2c0..f233494e1c6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodesInfoResponse.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NodesInfoResponse extends BaseNodesResponse<NodeInfo> implements ToXContent {
 
     public NodesInfoResponse() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/TransportNodesInfoAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/TransportNodesInfoAction.java
index 028198cf831..c26554b25e0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/TransportNodesInfoAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/TransportNodesInfoAction.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportNodesInfoAction extends TransportNodesAction<NodesInfoRequest,
                                                                    NodesInfoResponse,
                                                                    TransportNodesInfoAction.NodeInfoRequest,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsAction.java
index 3c322e3335e..857922bf9eb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodesStatsAction extends Action<NodesStatsRequest, NodesStatsResponse, NodesStatsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final NodesStatsAction INSTANCE = new NodesStatsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsRequestBuilder.java
index 027e6122681..d4005c84d09 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.CommonStatsFlags;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.NodesOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NodesStatsRequestBuilder extends NodesOperationRequestBuilder<NodesStatsRequest, NodesStatsResponse, NodesStatsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public NodesStatsRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, NodesStatsAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsResponse.java
index 1a9023ab93c..c4553304f41 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodesStatsResponse.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NodesStatsResponse extends BaseNodesResponse<NodeStats> implements ToXContent {
 
     NodesStatsResponse() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/TransportNodesStatsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/TransportNodesStatsAction.java
index 5863e54d08f..b4cef38d28d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/TransportNodesStatsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/TransportNodesStatsAction.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportNodesStatsAction extends TransportNodesAction<NodesStatsRequest,
                                                                     NodesStatsResponse,
                                                                     TransportNodesStatsAction.NodeStatsRequest,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/list/TransportListTasksAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/list/TransportListTasksAction.java
index 32c0c3c1845..bebe1e33fee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/list/TransportListTasksAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/list/TransportListTasksAction.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue.timeValueSeconds;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportListTasksAction extends TransportTasksAction<Task, ListTasksRequest, ListTasksResponse, TaskInfo> {
     public static long waitForCompletionTimeout(TimeValue timeout) {
         if (timeout == null) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteAction.java
index 7aa6dc25cdc..70a39d2d329 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.reroute;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterRerouteAction extends Action<ClusterRerouteRequest, ClusterRerouteResponse, ClusterRerouteRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ClusterRerouteAction INSTANCE = new ClusterRerouteAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/TransportClusterRerouteAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/TransportClusterRerouteAction.java
index 7aade821f83..6fe497dd16f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/TransportClusterRerouteAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/TransportClusterRerouteAction.java
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportClusterRerouteAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<ClusterRerouteRequest, ClusterRerouteResponse> {
 
     private final AllocationService allocationService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.java
index 15b3e70dd04..bb0c0b08a92 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterUpdateSettingsAction extends Action<ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest, ClusterUpdateSettingsResponse, ClusterUpdateSettingsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ClusterUpdateSettingsAction INSTANCE = new ClusterUpdateSettingsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsAction.java
index 28f7557a2e2..cb3240a7929 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.shards;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterSearchShardsAction extends Action<ClusterSearchShardsRequest, ClusterSearchShardsResponse, ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ClusterSearchShardsAction INSTANCE = new ClusterSearchShardsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsGroup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsGroup.java
index ccb4d32465e..12d9ffe7c38 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsGroup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsGroup.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterSearchShardsGroup implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     private ShardId shardId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsRequest.java
index 21ecf8a4c4f..8dc747474c4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsRequest.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterSearchShardsRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<ClusterSearchShardsRequest> implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {
     private String[] indices;
     @Nullable
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder.java
index 0b9c9d044e7..030d5db6472 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<ClusterSearchShardsRequest, ClusterSearchShardsResponse, ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public ClusterSearchShardsRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, ClusterSearchShardsAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsResponse.java
index 5f45025351e..140a0141a2d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsResponse.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterSearchShardsResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContent {
 
     private ClusterSearchShardsGroup[] groups;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/TransportClusterSearchShardsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/TransportClusterSearchShardsAction.java
index 2f9a6e7dede..087597d47fc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/TransportClusterSearchShardsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/TransportClusterSearchShardsAction.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportClusterSearchShardsAction extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<ClusterSearchShardsRequest, ClusterSearchShardsResponse> {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotIndexShardStage.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotIndexShardStage.java
index efbc82c9b6a..d96daa86f76 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotIndexShardStage.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotIndexShardStage.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.status;
 
 
-/**
- */
 public enum SnapshotIndexShardStage {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotIndexShardStatus.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotIndexShardStatus.java
index a7cebca0aa6..462c5cadabd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotIndexShardStatus.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotIndexShardStatus.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.snapshots.IndexShardSnapshotStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SnapshotIndexShardStatus extends BroadcastShardResponse implements ToXContent {
 
     private SnapshotIndexShardStage stage = SnapshotIndexShardStage.INIT;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotStats.java
index 2e0e3f993a1..a1eaaf9560a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotStats.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.snapshots.IndexShardSnapshotStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SnapshotStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
     private long startTime;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/TransportSnapshotsStatusAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/TransportSnapshotsStatusAction.java
index cf00784dc3f..c73ae48d070 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/TransportSnapshotsStatusAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/TransportSnapshotsStatusAction.java
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportSnapshotsStatusAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<SnapshotsStatusRequest, SnapshotsStatusResponse> {
 
     private final SnapshotsService snapshotsService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateAction.java
index 70786f99e0d..959658f6e7c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.state;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterStateAction extends Action<ClusterStateRequest, ClusterStateResponse, ClusterStateRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ClusterStateAction INSTANCE = new ClusterStateAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateRequest.java
index f5dc975f0a3..e6b468b804b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateRequest.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterStateRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<ClusterStateRequest> implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {
 
     private boolean routingTable = true;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateRequestBuilder.java
index e29798bb246..347a51afa13 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateRequestBuilder.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterStateRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<ClusterStateRequest, ClusterStateResponse, ClusterStateRequestBuilder> {
 
     public ClusterStateRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, ClusterStateAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateResponse.java
index 2a2f4707f69..f4d8b891b86 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateResponse.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterStateResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     private ClusterName clusterName;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/TransportClusterStateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/TransportClusterStateAction.java
index a1b10c9c4f4..6c965cb3bbd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/TransportClusterStateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/TransportClusterStateAction.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportClusterStateAction extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<ClusterStateRequest, ClusterStateResponse> {
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsAction.java
index 1cddf37ad31..80ae0b6911b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.stats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClusterStatsAction extends Action<ClusterStatsRequest, ClusterStatsResponse, ClusterStatsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ClusterStatsAction INSTANCE = new ClusterStatsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsRequestBuilder.java
index db64dc94919..f05d998ee04 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.stats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.NodesOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterStatsRequestBuilder extends NodesOperationRequestBuilder<ClusterStatsRequest, ClusterStatsResponse, ClusterStatsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public ClusterStatsRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, ClusterStatsAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsResponse.java
index efc72d104f8..f71065b99a8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/ClusterStatsResponse.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterStatsResponse extends BaseNodesResponse<ClusterStatsNodeResponse> implements ToXContent {
 
     ClusterStatsNodes nodesStats;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/TransportClusterStatsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/TransportClusterStatsAction.java
index 3eb73273832..c3665e6b77c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/TransportClusterStatsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/stats/TransportClusterStatsAction.java
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportClusterStatsAction extends TransportNodesAction<ClusterStatsRequest, ClusterStatsResponse,
         TransportClusterStatsAction.ClusterStatsNodeRequest, ClusterStatsNodeResponse> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/DeleteStoredScriptAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/DeleteStoredScriptAction.java
index e7686387061..61cb8561ea5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/DeleteStoredScriptAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/DeleteStoredScriptAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.storedscripts;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DeleteStoredScriptAction extends Action<DeleteStoredScriptRequest, DeleteStoredScriptResponse,
         DeleteStoredScriptRequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptAction.java
index 178598fad8b..7b9eb5209cc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.storedscripts;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetStoredScriptAction extends Action<GetStoredScriptRequest, GetStoredScriptResponse,
         GetStoredScriptRequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/PutStoredScriptAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/PutStoredScriptAction.java
index 264d37a42e0..d01a12f58a2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/PutStoredScriptAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/PutStoredScriptAction.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
 
-/**
- */
 public class PutStoredScriptAction extends Action<PutStoredScriptRequest, PutStoredScriptResponse,
         PutStoredScriptRequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksAction.java
index 1e3eb3f6e81..0b420a4e505 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.tasks;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PendingClusterTasksAction extends Action<PendingClusterTasksRequest, PendingClusterTasksResponse, PendingClusterTasksRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final PendingClusterTasksAction INSTANCE = new PendingClusterTasksAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksRequest.java
index 09f25feb90f..738276a9907 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksRequest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.tasks;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadRequest;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PendingClusterTasksRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<PendingClusterTasksRequest> {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksRequestBuilder.java
index 1392d973eb3..029ba7414ab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.tasks;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PendingClusterTasksRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<PendingClusterTasksRequest, PendingClusterTasksResponse, PendingClusterTasksRequestBuilder> {
 
     public PendingClusterTasksRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, PendingClusterTasksAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksResponse.java
index 35d5b3efb7b..ae4a59fa83f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksResponse.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PendingClusterTasksResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<PendingClusterTask>, ToXContent {
 
     private List<PendingClusterTask> pendingTasks;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/TransportPendingClusterTasksAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/TransportPendingClusterTasksAction.java
index 370b668f659..c15758de3cb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/TransportPendingClusterTasksAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/TransportPendingClusterTasksAction.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportPendingClusterTasksAction extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<PendingClusterTasksRequest, PendingClusterTasksResponse> {
 
     private final ClusterService clusterService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesAction.java
index 3cf0ca574fb..d4045b8b22e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndicesAliasesAction extends Action<IndicesAliasesRequest, IndicesAliasesResponse, IndicesAliasesRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final IndicesAliasesAction INSTANCE = new IndicesAliasesAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistAction.java
index 23dc1e13a56..70467f4343c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistAction.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.get.GetAliasesRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AliasesExistAction extends Action<GetAliasesRequest, AliasesExistResponse, AliasesExistRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final AliasesExistAction INSTANCE = new AliasesExistAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistRequestBuilder.java
index 40f421006e3..d889d15ce9c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.exists;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.get.BaseAliasesRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AliasesExistRequestBuilder extends BaseAliasesRequestBuilder<AliasesExistResponse, AliasesExistRequestBuilder> {
 
     public AliasesExistRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, AliasesExistAction action, String... aliases) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistResponse.java
index 65474c8e8ab..2d430bf9820 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistResponse.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AliasesExistResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     private boolean exists;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/TransportAliasesExistAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/TransportAliasesExistAction.java
index 8ca09dbb67e..9a104598e8a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/TransportAliasesExistAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/TransportAliasesExistAction.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportAliasesExistAction extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<GetAliasesRequest, AliasesExistResponse> {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/BaseAliasesRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/BaseAliasesRequestBuilder.java
index bcfdb0e10d8..f4e3868fda9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/BaseAliasesRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/BaseAliasesRequestBuilder.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBui
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.ArrayUtils;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class BaseAliasesRequestBuilder<Response extends ActionResponse, Builder extends BaseAliasesRequestBuilder<Response, Builder>> extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<GetAliasesRequest, Response, Builder> {
 
     public BaseAliasesRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, Action<GetAliasesRequest, Response, Builder> action, String... aliases) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesAction.java
index 188f72e1e34..71badddacab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetAliasesAction extends Action<GetAliasesRequest, GetAliasesResponse, GetAliasesRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final GetAliasesAction INSTANCE = new GetAliasesAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesRequest.java
index fd3a93b69d9..bcb887b8383 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesRequest.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetAliasesRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<GetAliasesRequest> implements AliasesRequest {
 
     private String[] indices = Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesRequestBuilder.java
index 4a6f9885008..fa7101eba5a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesRequestBuilder.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.get;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetAliasesRequestBuilder extends BaseAliasesRequestBuilder<GetAliasesResponse, GetAliasesRequestBuilder> {
 
     public GetAliasesRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, GetAliasesAction action, String... aliases) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesResponse.java
index e23faa1cbbf..85282788898 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesResponse.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetAliasesResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     private ImmutableOpenMap<String, List<AliasMetaData>> aliases = ImmutableOpenMap.of();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/TransportGetAliasesAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/TransportGetAliasesAction.java
index 061f916c2e0..e871fc04f97 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/TransportGetAliasesAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/TransportGetAliasesAction.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportGetAliasesAction extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<GetAliasesRequest, GetAliasesResponse> {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
index b29ba7507f8..5b92af47b37 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.analyze;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AnalyzeAction extends Action<AnalyzeRequest, AnalyzeResponse, AnalyzeRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final AnalyzeAction INSTANCE = new AnalyzeAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeRequestBuilder.java
index 78d06185423..344681b997e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeRequestBuilder.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AnalyzeRequestBuilder extends SingleShardOperationRequestBuilder<AnalyzeRequest, AnalyzeResponse, AnalyzeRequestBuilder> {
 
     public AnalyzeRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, AnalyzeAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeResponse.java
index 48db340a1c7..302597e0e09 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeResponse.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AnalyzeResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<AnalyzeResponse.AnalyzeToken>, ToXContent {
 
     public static class AnalyzeToken implements Streamable, ToXContent {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheAction.java
index 0880c66802e..f8e35168bcb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.cache.clear;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClearIndicesCacheAction extends Action<ClearIndicesCacheRequest, ClearIndicesCacheResponse, ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ClearIndicesCacheAction INSTANCE = new ClearIndicesCacheAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
index 3c068b7ad21..c9e04d53064 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClearIndicesCacheRequest extends BroadcastRequest<ClearIndicesCacheRequest> {
 
     private boolean queryCache = false;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder.java
index 8061ec89d92..8cfe3d7b909 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.cache.clear;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder extends BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder<ClearIndicesCacheRequest, ClearIndicesCacheResponse, ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder> {
 
     public ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, ClearIndicesCacheAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexAction.java
index fcb38b01da5..44151f2cfe9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.close;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class CloseIndexAction extends Action<CloseIndexRequest, CloseIndexResponse, CloseIndexRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final CloseIndexAction INSTANCE = new CloseIndexAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/CreateIndexAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/CreateIndexAction.java
index aa3d3ac92ad..3bac77241bf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/CreateIndexAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/CreateIndexAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class CreateIndexAction extends Action<CreateIndexRequest, CreateIndexResponse, CreateIndexRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final CreateIndexAction INSTANCE = new CreateIndexAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexAction.java
index 135aacc197b..2dcff890f3e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.delete;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DeleteIndexAction extends Action<DeleteIndexRequest, DeleteIndexResponse, DeleteIndexRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final DeleteIndexAction INSTANCE = new DeleteIndexAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexRequestBuilder.java
index 9e5dc88b983..a75bcd77748 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexRequestBuilder.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DeleteIndexRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder<DeleteIndexRequest, DeleteIndexResponse, DeleteIndexRequestBuilder> {
 
     public DeleteIndexRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, DeleteIndexAction action, String... indices) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsAction.java
index b9bfa00d7a2..aaabcec516b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.exists.indices;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndicesExistsAction extends Action<IndicesExistsRequest, IndicesExistsResponse, IndicesExistsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final IndicesExistsAction INSTANCE = new IndicesExistsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsRequestBuilder.java
index 5f01c26b325..183648b5dd9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndicesExistsRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<IndicesExistsRequest, IndicesExistsResponse, IndicesExistsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public IndicesExistsRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, IndicesExistsAction action, String... indices) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsAction.java
index b7fea539d13..147d7b8f1ab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsAction.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.exists.types;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TypesExistsAction extends Action<TypesExistsRequest, TypesExistsResponse, TypesExistsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final TypesExistsAction INSTANCE = new TypesExistsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsRequest.java
index 9aba8ec44ed..0e099da8488 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsRequest.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TypesExistsRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<TypesExistsRequest> implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {
 
     private String[] indices;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushAction.java
index 4cc116fd1dd..1812cfae1a7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FlushAction extends Action<FlushRequest, FlushResponse, FlushRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final FlushAction INSTANCE = new FlushAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushRequestBuilder.java
index 39a80fd3ca5..bddf5ce0449 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/FlushRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FlushRequestBuilder extends BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder<FlushRequest, FlushResponse, FlushRequestBuilder> {
 
     public FlushRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, FlushAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/TransportShardFlushAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/TransportShardFlushAction.java
index 7911b4e1e36..1ec7186393f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/TransportShardFlushAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/TransportShardFlushAction.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndicesService;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportShardFlushAction extends TransportReplicationAction<ShardFlushRequest, ShardFlushRequest, ReplicationResponse> {
 
     public static final String NAME = FlushAction.NAME + "[s]";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/ForceMergeAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/ForceMergeAction.java
index 705fc6bc9db..656c5b91a70 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/ForceMergeAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/ForceMergeAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.forcemerge;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ForceMergeAction extends Action<ForceMergeRequest, ForceMergeResponse, ForceMergeRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ForceMergeAction INSTANCE = new ForceMergeAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexAction.java
index 74111c82b2f..f692c1e0263 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetIndexAction extends Action<GetIndexRequest, GetIndexResponse, GetIndexRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final GetIndexAction INSTANCE = new GetIndexAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexRequestBuilder.java
index 7ffc8533aac..677bbeee485 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexRequestBuilder.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.get.GetIndexRequest.Feature;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.info.ClusterInfoRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GetIndexRequestBuilder extends ClusterInfoRequestBuilder<GetIndexRequest, GetIndexResponse, GetIndexRequestBuilder> {
 
     public GetIndexRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, GetIndexAction action, String... indices) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsAction.java
index 520ed7b2cd4..410292ca688 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetFieldMappingsAction extends Action<GetFieldMappingsRequest, GetFieldMappingsResponse, GetFieldMappingsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final GetFieldMappingsAction INSTANCE = new GetFieldMappingsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsAction.java
index d7dbebc600c..5a9425cadec 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetMappingsAction extends Action<GetMappingsRequest, GetMappingsResponse, GetMappingsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final GetMappingsAction INSTANCE = new GetMappingsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsRequest.java
index 15222cf83d7..dc4836286cd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsRequest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.info.ClusterInfoRequest;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetMappingsRequest extends ClusterInfoRequest<GetMappingsRequest> {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsRequestBuilder.java
index 0471a29c82f..7ecb6713953 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.info.ClusterInfoRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetMappingsRequestBuilder extends ClusterInfoRequestBuilder<GetMappingsRequest, GetMappingsResponse, GetMappingsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public GetMappingsRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, GetMappingsAction action, String... indices) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsResponse.java
index 30e9e24c493..e092f1f148d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsResponse.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetMappingsResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     private ImmutableOpenMap<String, ImmutableOpenMap<String, MappingMetaData>> mappings = ImmutableOpenMap.of();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetFieldMappingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetFieldMappingsAction.java
index a69dd2ed437..8729b60e3bf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetFieldMappingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetFieldMappingsAction.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceArray;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportGetFieldMappingsAction extends HandledTransportAction<GetFieldMappingsRequest, GetFieldMappingsResponse> {
 
     private final ClusterService clusterService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetMappingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetMappingsAction.java
index 293f5a0e677..363e935ca56 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetMappingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/TransportGetMappingsAction.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportGetMappingsAction extends TransportClusterInfoAction<GetMappingsRequest, GetMappingsResponse> {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingAction.java
index 5ed79ceca98..5bcff09e01a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.put;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PutMappingAction extends Action<PutMappingRequest, PutMappingResponse, PutMappingRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final PutMappingAction INSTANCE = new PutMappingAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/open/OpenIndexAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/open/OpenIndexAction.java
index c12e8d23c9c..c8553322d30 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/open/OpenIndexAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/open/OpenIndexAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.open;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class OpenIndexAction extends Action<OpenIndexRequest, OpenIndexResponse, OpenIndexRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final OpenIndexAction INSTANCE = new OpenIndexAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/RolloverAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/RolloverAction.java
index dd9d50dac73..f66c77968f1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/RolloverAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/RolloverAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.rollover;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RolloverAction extends Action<RolloverRequest, RolloverResponse, RolloverRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final RolloverAction INSTANCE = new RolloverAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsAction.java
index d98bc56aa5c..a8cc79852c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.segments;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndicesSegmentsAction extends Action<IndicesSegmentsRequest, IndicesSegmentResponse, IndicesSegmentsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final IndicesSegmentsAction INSTANCE = new IndicesSegmentsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsRequestBuilder.java
index d839e2a25c3..ce4a5705168 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/IndicesSegmentsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.segments;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndicesSegmentsRequestBuilder extends BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder<IndicesSegmentsRequest, IndicesSegmentResponse, IndicesSegmentsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public IndicesSegmentsRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, IndicesSegmentsAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.java
index 8df46719c7b..350e8dffa19 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportIndicesSegmentsAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<IndicesSegmentsRequest, IndicesSegmentResponse, ShardSegments> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsAction.java
index 448a5e25fbd..1abf8e746fb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.settings.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetSettingsAction extends Action<GetSettingsRequest, GetSettingsResponse, GetSettingsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final GetSettingsAction INSTANCE = new GetSettingsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsRequest.java
index eb981491e52..d15da04acab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsRequest.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetSettingsRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<GetSettingsRequest> implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {
 
     private String[] indices = Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsRequestBuilder.java
index 5a2ca7aef15..2fff2eca0c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBui
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.ArrayUtils;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetSettingsRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<GetSettingsRequest, GetSettingsResponse, GetSettingsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public GetSettingsRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, GetSettingsAction action, String... indices) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsResponse.java
index c45c7d9f545..0a3229dcaf1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsResponse.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetSettingsResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     private ImmutableOpenMap<String, Settings> indexToSettings = ImmutableOpenMap.of();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
index f09d3fb559c..6e6d3eaee98 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportGetSettingsAction extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<GetSettingsRequest, GetSettingsResponse> {
 
     private final SettingsFilter settingsFilter;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/TransportUpdateSettingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/TransportUpdateSettingsAction.java
index f9ebff06636..67099b4d100 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/TransportUpdateSettingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/TransportUpdateSettingsAction.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportUpdateSettingsAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<UpdateSettingsRequest, UpdateSettingsResponse> {
 
     private final MetaDataUpdateSettingsService updateSettingsService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsAction.java
index 17001b7376d..a23874831c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.settings.put;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class UpdateSettingsAction extends Action<UpdateSettingsRequest, UpdateSettingsResponse, UpdateSettingsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final UpdateSettingsAction INSTANCE = new UpdateSettingsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ShrinkAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ShrinkAction.java
index 4c09241ad75..8b5b4670e3c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ShrinkAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ShrinkAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.shrink;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ShrinkAction extends Action<ShrinkRequest, ShrinkResponse, ShrinkRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ShrinkAction INSTANCE = new ShrinkAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndexShardStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndexShardStats.java
index dd4cc640a3d..6cdcabccbc4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndexShardStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndexShardStats.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexShardStats implements Iterable<ShardStats>, Streamable {
 
     private ShardId shardId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndexStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndexStats.java
index f13b714c284..7903a340628 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndexStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndexStats.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexStats implements Iterable<IndexShardStats> {
 
     private final String index;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsAction.java
index d83e368b216..1bf17115afb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndicesStatsAction extends Action<IndicesStatsRequest, IndicesStatsResponse, IndicesStatsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final IndicesStatsAction INSTANCE = new IndicesStatsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsResponse.java
index 2caa0da9569..3cbd7db66aa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsResponse.java
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndicesStatsResponse extends BroadcastResponse implements ToXContent {
 
     private ShardStats[] shards;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/ShardStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/ShardStats.java
index 5bc6ce81064..872f35677ec 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/ShardStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/ShardStats.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardPath;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ShardStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
     private ShardRouting shardRouting;
     private CommonStats commonStats;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
index 7e8ccd30a8a..42f13aa6daa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportIndicesStatsAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<IndicesStatsRequest, IndicesStatsResponse, ShardStats> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateAction.java
index 570ced293d8..3d871db3f4b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DeleteIndexTemplateAction extends Action<DeleteIndexTemplateRequest, DeleteIndexTemplateResponse, DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final DeleteIndexTemplateAction INSTANCE = new DeleteIndexTemplateAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder.java
index 670837e8047..620c432fe98 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/delete/DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.delete;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder<DeleteIndexTemplateRequest, DeleteIndexTemplateResponse, DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder> {
 
     public DeleteIndexTemplateRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, DeleteIndexTemplateAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesAction.java
index b4db5e0529f..545601f0108 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesAction.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GetIndexTemplatesAction extends Action<GetIndexTemplatesRequest, GetIndexTemplatesResponse, GetIndexTemplatesRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final GetIndexTemplatesAction INSTANCE = new GetIndexTemplatesAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesRequestBuilder.java
index 93e02be2ec7..5068f11a0d2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesRequestBuilder.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GetIndexTemplatesRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<GetIndexTemplatesRequest, GetIndexTemplatesResponse, GetIndexTemplatesRequestBuilder> {
 
     public GetIndexTemplatesRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, GetIndexTemplatesAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/TransportGetIndexTemplatesAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/TransportGetIndexTemplatesAction.java
index 672ca1a9080..294550c9a62 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/TransportGetIndexTemplatesAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/TransportGetIndexTemplatesAction.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportGetIndexTemplatesAction extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<GetIndexTemplatesRequest, GetIndexTemplatesResponse> {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateAction.java
index 51adc0b5cfc..a442b5463ba 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.put;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PutIndexTemplateAction extends Action<PutIndexTemplateRequest, PutIndexTemplateResponse, PutIndexTemplateRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final PutIndexTemplateAction INSTANCE = new PutIndexTemplateAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateRequestBuilder.java
index 8acc2b3f610..77343277f63 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateRequestBuilder.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PutIndexTemplateRequestBuilder
     extends MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder<PutIndexTemplateRequest, PutIndexTemplateResponse, PutIndexTemplateRequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/TransportUpgradeStatusAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/TransportUpgradeStatusAction.java
index cf288e0cc6f..c2c4424d4c8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/TransportUpgradeStatusAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/TransportUpgradeStatusAction.java
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportUpgradeStatusAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<UpgradeStatusRequest, UpgradeStatusResponse, ShardUpgradeStatus> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusAction.java
index e0318b13b97..98c4ea68d88 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.upgrade.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class UpgradeStatusAction extends Action<UpgradeStatusRequest, UpgradeStatusResponse, UpgradeStatusRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final UpgradeStatusAction INSTANCE = new UpgradeStatusAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusRequestBuilder.java
index 98dd1c1828d..cee5bdcabe5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/get/UpgradeStatusRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.upgrade.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UpgradeStatusRequestBuilder extends BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder<UpgradeStatusRequest, UpgradeStatusResponse, UpgradeStatusRequestBuilder> {
 
     public UpgradeStatusRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, UpgradeStatusAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/ShardUpgradeRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/ShardUpgradeRequest.java
index 550a5b15f66..6929a5ab544 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/ShardUpgradeRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/ShardUpgradeRequest.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class ShardUpgradeRequest extends BroadcastShardRequest {
 
     private UpgradeRequest request = new UpgradeRequest();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/ShardUpgradeResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/ShardUpgradeResult.java
index 46c51757159..cca5a812c3e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/ShardUpgradeResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/ShardUpgradeResult.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 class ShardUpgradeResult implements Streamable {
 
     private ShardId shardId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/TransportUpgradeSettingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/TransportUpgradeSettingsAction.java
index f467c6ae749..02d58a9db7e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/TransportUpgradeSettingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/TransportUpgradeSettingsAction.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportUpgradeSettingsAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<UpgradeSettingsRequest, UpgradeSettingsResponse> {
 
     private final MetaDataUpdateSettingsService updateSettingsService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeSettingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeSettingsAction.java
index 5257b50132d..54632261ef4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeSettingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/upgrade/post/UpgradeSettingsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.upgrade.post;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class UpgradeSettingsAction extends Action<UpgradeSettingsRequest, UpgradeSettingsResponse, UpgradeSettingsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final UpgradeSettingsAction INSTANCE = new UpgradeSettingsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/QueryExplanation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/QueryExplanation.java
index ea145ba15bc..6da503ef828 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/QueryExplanation.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/QueryExplanation.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Streamable;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class QueryExplanation  implements Streamable {
 
     private String index;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/TransportValidateQueryAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/TransportValidateQueryAction.java
index 773b4f7ad40..25ced69f03a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/TransportValidateQueryAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/TransportValidateQueryAction.java
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceArray;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportValidateQueryAction extends TransportBroadcastAction<ValidateQueryRequest, ValidateQueryResponse, ShardValidateQueryRequest, ShardValidateQueryResponse> {
 
     private final SearchService searchService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryAction.java
index fdec5490c97..51791062c83 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.validate.query;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ValidateQueryAction extends Action<ValidateQueryRequest, ValidateQueryResponse, ValidateQueryRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ValidateQueryAction INSTANCE = new ValidateQueryAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryRequestBuilder.java
index bfee7ec6b99..8e377968980 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/validate/query/ValidateQueryRequestBuilder.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastOperationRequestBuild
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ValidateQueryRequestBuilder extends BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder<ValidateQueryRequest, ValidateQueryResponse, ValidateQueryRequestBuilder> {
 
     public ValidateQueryRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, ValidateQueryAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
index e442f61061a..d4aba69c343 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequestOptions;
 
-/**
- */
 public class BulkAction extends Action<BulkRequest, BulkResponse, BulkRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final BulkAction INSTANCE = new BulkAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkItemRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkItemRequest.java
index 760c5781aea..b9e1645e16c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkItemRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkItemRequest.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Streamable;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BulkItemRequest implements Streamable {
 
     private int id;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkShardRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkShardRequest.java
index b9d7f876dc1..25366d034ca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkShardRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkShardRequest.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BulkShardRequest extends ReplicatedWriteRequest<BulkShardRequest> {
 
     private BulkItemRequest[] items;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkShardResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkShardResponse.java
index 22260181bb1..b51ce624800 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkShardResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkShardResponse.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BulkShardResponse extends ReplicationResponse implements WriteResponse {
 
     private ShardId shardId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
index da080b54b25..1943b793692 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.LongSupplier;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportBulkAction extends HandledTransportAction<BulkRequest, BulkResponse> {
 
     private final AutoCreateIndex autoCreateIndex;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteAction.java
index 2e9fccf7a1f..09aa9f58656 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.delete;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DeleteAction extends Action<DeleteRequest, DeleteResponse, DeleteRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final DeleteAction INSTANCE = new DeleteAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsAction.java
index 085952c9be6..2c51e918497 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.fieldstats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldStatsAction extends Action<FieldStatsRequest, FieldStatsResponse, FieldStatsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final FieldStatsAction INSTANCE = new FieldStatsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsRequest.java
index d0b40374d6b..4137c4cd1c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsRequest.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldStatsRequest extends BroadcastRequest<FieldStatsRequest> {
 
     public static final String DEFAULT_LEVEL = "cluster";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsRequestBuilder.java
index 1a3a8070e46..7f9a744df83 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.fieldstats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldStatsRequestBuilder extends
     BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder<FieldStatsRequest, FieldStatsResponse, FieldStatsRequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsResponse.java
index 14e2f13d4ff..10928dc9a78 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsResponse.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldStatsResponse extends BroadcastResponse {
     private Map<String, Map<String, FieldStats>> indicesMergedFieldStats;
     private Map<String, String> conflicts;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsShardRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsShardRequest.java
index 85a0d469541..3844895bc24 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsShardRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsShardRequest.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldStatsShardRequest extends BroadcastShardRequest {
 
     private String[] fields;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsShardResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsShardResponse.java
index 7cc298729f0..d94cfcd2958 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsShardResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldstats/FieldStatsShardResponse.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldStatsShardResponse extends BroadcastShardResponse {
 
     private Map<String, FieldStats<?>> fieldStats;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetAction.java
index eb499ffb8c2..69c67b1be2b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetAction extends Action<GetRequest, GetResponse, GetRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final GetAction INSTANCE = new GetAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetAction.java
index 38036d391e8..8d6dfc10775 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.get;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MultiGetAction extends Action<MultiGetRequest, MultiGetResponse, MultiGetRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final MultiGetAction INSTANCE = new MultiGetAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexAction.java
index ceacbcf2df7..fa2bd06f297 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.index;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexAction extends Action<IndexRequest, IndexResponse, IndexRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final IndexAction INSTANCE = new IndexAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollAction.java
index 6523378df4d..151635ac93f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClearScrollAction extends Action<ClearScrollRequest, ClearScrollResponse, ClearScrollRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final ClearScrollAction INSTANCE = new ClearScrollAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollRequest.java
index 17343e86912..f2f26d655d3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollRequest.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClearScrollRequest extends ActionRequest<ClearScrollRequest> {
 
     private List<String> scrollIds;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollRequestBuilder.java
index 6dac0c4b3b3..b1ca4a60a85 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollRequestBuilder.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClearScrollRequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<ClearScrollRequest, ClearScrollResponse, ClearScrollRequestBuilder> {
 
     public ClearScrollRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, ClearScrollAction action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
index 0887d268199..ff8314acce5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.NOT_FOUND;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ClearScrollResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXContent {
 
     private boolean succeeded;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
index ffa0a4b63f0..04651c00c02 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MultiSearchAction extends Action<MultiSearchRequest, MultiSearchResponse, MultiSearchRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final MultiSearchAction INSTANCE = new MultiSearchAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ParsedScrollId.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ParsedScrollId.java
index 2ddb35e1357..f2ea5356106 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ParsedScrollId.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ParsedScrollId.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 class ParsedScrollId {
 
     public static final String QUERY_THEN_FETCH_TYPE = "queryThenFetch";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAction.java
index 501fe1afb76..38a77fa772a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SearchAction extends Action<SearchRequest, SearchResponse, SearchRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final SearchAction INSTANCE = new SearchAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchPhaseController.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchPhaseController.java
index 7306e645e0d..58b2a7d4aa8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchPhaseController.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchPhaseController.java
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchPhaseController extends AbstractComponent {
 
     public static final Comparator<AtomicArray.Entry<? extends QuerySearchResultProvider>> QUERY_RESULT_ORDERING = (o1, o2) -> {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollAction.java
index eccfa0526a1..6bd23f7741a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SearchScrollAction extends Action<SearchScrollRequest, SearchResponse, SearchScrollRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final SearchScrollAction INSTANCE = new SearchScrollAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollRequest.java
index 9ab2a4cf560..eff033a7600 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchScrollRequest.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchScrollRequest extends ActionRequest<SearchScrollRequest> {
 
     private String scrollId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchHelper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchHelper.java
index db42527b125..dcccf7e735f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchHelper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchHelper.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.ShardSearchTransportRequest;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Base64;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 final class TransportSearchHelper {
 
     static ShardSearchTransportRequest internalSearchRequest(ShardRouting shardRouting, int numberOfShards, SearchRequest request,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchScrollAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchScrollAction.java
index 9d2307f1b4f..71f3b6239d9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchScrollAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchScrollAction.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.search.ParsedScrollId.QUERY_AND_FETCH_TYP
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.search.ParsedScrollId.QUERY_THEN_FETCH_TYPE;
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.search.TransportSearchHelper.parseScrollId;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportSearchScrollAction extends HandledTransportAction<SearchScrollRequest, SearchResponse> {
 
     private final ClusterService clusterService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/AbstractListenableActionFuture.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/AbstractListenableActionFuture.java
index ee260ddd1e1..d6e06613d59 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/AbstractListenableActionFuture.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/AbstractListenableActionFuture.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractListenableActionFuture<T, L> extends AdapterActionFuture<T, L> implements ListenableActionFuture<T> {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(AbstractListenableActionFuture.class);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/AdapterActionFuture.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/AdapterActionFuture.java
index eab486f4929..b2167c3051b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/AdapterActionFuture.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/AdapterActionFuture.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AdapterActionFuture<T, L> extends BaseFuture<T> implements ActionFuture<T>, ActionListener<L> {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/DefaultShardOperationFailedException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/DefaultShardOperationFailedException.java
index 0fe3be1ad63..3f7df803e24 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/DefaultShardOperationFailedException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/DefaultShardOperationFailedException.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.detailedMessage;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DefaultShardOperationFailedException implements ShardOperationFailedException {
 
     private String index;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/PlainActionFuture.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/PlainActionFuture.java
index f520def6e6d..094f82ae31f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/PlainActionFuture.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/PlainActionFuture.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.support;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PlainActionFuture<T> extends AdapterActionFuture<T, T> {
 
     public static <T> PlainActionFuture<T> newFuture() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/TransportAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/TransportAction.java
index 7d1a091d6b3..e7d6d3b508f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/TransportAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/TransportAction.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.support.PlainActionFuture.newFuture;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class TransportAction<Request extends ActionRequest<Request>, Response extends ActionResponse> extends AbstractComponent {
 
     protected final ThreadPool threadPool;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder.java
index 6170d967002..fb995513acb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder<Request extends BroadcastRequest<Request>, Response extends BroadcastResponse, RequestBuilder extends BroadcastOperationRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder>>
         extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastRequest.java
index 508581050a6..b6ab85c0b18 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastRequest.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BroadcastRequest<Request extends BroadcastRequest<Request>> extends ActionRequest<Request> implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {
 
     protected String[] indices;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardRequest.java
index 921724e6572..1012e8930bb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardRequest.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class BroadcastShardRequest extends TransportRequest implements IndicesRequest {
 
     private ShardId shardId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardResponse.java
index 398a8d6c905..6845e6ced6c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardResponse.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportResponse;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class BroadcastShardResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     ShardId shardId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/TransportBroadcastAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/TransportBroadcastAction.java
index 87ef385a243..f3b3d8d9839 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/TransportBroadcastAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/TransportBroadcastAction.java
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceArray;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class TransportBroadcastAction<Request extends BroadcastRequest<Request>, Response extends BroadcastResponse, ShardRequest extends BroadcastShardRequest, ShardResponse extends BroadcastShardResponse>
         extends HandledTransportAction<Request, Response> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/ClusterInfoRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/ClusterInfoRequest.java
index 84ac29ad233..fc14cd38e56 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/ClusterInfoRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/ClusterInfoRequest.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class ClusterInfoRequest<Request extends ClusterInfoRequest<Request>> extends MasterNodeReadRequest<Request> implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {
 
     private String[] indices = Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/ClusterInfoRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/ClusterInfoRequestBuilder.java
index 1e871a41867..96e0ad8ee6b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/ClusterInfoRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/ClusterInfoRequestBuilder.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBui
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.ArrayUtils;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class ClusterInfoRequestBuilder<Request extends ClusterInfoRequest<Request>, Response extends ActionResponse, Builder extends ClusterInfoRequestBuilder<Request, Response, Builder>> extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder<Request, Response, Builder> {
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/TransportClusterInfoAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/TransportClusterInfoAction.java
index 66b9fce5d71..59b1997b356 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/TransportClusterInfoAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/info/TransportClusterInfoAction.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class TransportClusterInfoAction<Request extends ClusterInfoRequest<Request>, Response extends ActionResponse>
         extends TransportMasterNodeReadAction<Request, Response> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodeRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodeRequest.java
index f743ff02c74..1ce32247eab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodeRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodeRequest.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class BaseNodeRequest extends TransportRequest {
 
     private String nodeId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesRequest.java
index 663537f25da..4523e8d339a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesRequest.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class BaseNodesRequest<Request extends BaseNodesRequest<Request>> extends ActionRequest<Request> {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesResponse.java
index 462f0b07bd6..7d97a7b5a92 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesResponse.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class BaseNodesResponse<TNodeResponse extends BaseNodeResponse> extends ActionResponse {
 
     private ClusterName clusterName;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/NodesOperationRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/NodesOperationRequestBuilder.java
index cf8190f2c32..ffb43e7ee04 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/NodesOperationRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/NodesOperationRequestBuilder.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class NodesOperationRequestBuilder<Request extends BaseNodesRequest<Request>, Response extends BaseNodesResponse, RequestBuilder extends NodesOperationRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder>>
         extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ReplicationRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ReplicationRequestBuilder.java
index 6c25882d141..4ef20fcb15b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ReplicationRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ReplicationRequestBuilder.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActiveShardCount;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class ReplicationRequestBuilder<Request extends ReplicationRequest<Request>, Response extends ActionResponse, RequestBuilder extends ReplicationRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder>>
         extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/InstanceShardOperationRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/InstanceShardOperationRequest.java
index cb9a6ab9f69..a6bb0f8e0a1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/InstanceShardOperationRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/InstanceShardOperationRequest.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class InstanceShardOperationRequest<Request extends InstanceShardOperationRequest<Request>> extends ActionRequest<Request>
         implements IndicesRequest {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/InstanceShardOperationRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/InstanceShardOperationRequestBuilder.java
index 13266b9151d..7bec08ce9ec 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/InstanceShardOperationRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/InstanceShardOperationRequestBuilder.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class InstanceShardOperationRequestBuilder<Request extends InstanceShardOperationRequest<Request>, Response extends ActionResponse, RequestBuilder extends InstanceShardOperationRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder>>
         extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction.java
index 81da5ec9a86..35d3ee111c3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction.java
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction<Request extends InstanceShardOperationRequest<Request>, Response extends ActionResponse>
         extends HandledTransportAction<Request, Response> {
     protected final ClusterService clusterService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/shard/SingleShardOperationRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/shard/SingleShardOperationRequestBuilder.java
index 3e9897c7c85..03d4fb6343d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/shard/SingleShardOperationRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/shard/SingleShardOperationRequestBuilder.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class SingleShardOperationRequestBuilder<Request extends SingleShardRequest<Request>, Response extends ActionResponse, RequestBuilder extends SingleShardOperationRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder>>
         extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/shard/SingleShardRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/shard/SingleShardRequest.java
index 499932fce68..4265fa98337 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/shard/SingleShardRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/shard/SingleShardRequest.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class SingleShardRequest<Request extends SingleShardRequest<Request>> extends ActionRequest<Request> implements IndicesRequest {
 
     public static final IndicesOptions INDICES_OPTIONS = IndicesOptions.strictSingleIndexNoExpandForbidClosed();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsAction.java
index 9cc328c2be7..a84ba25f5bb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.termvectors;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MultiTermVectorsAction extends Action<MultiTermVectorsRequest, MultiTermVectorsResponse, MultiTermVectorsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final MultiTermVectorsAction INSTANCE = new MultiTermVectorsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TermVectorsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TermVectorsAction.java
index a4c53ee4a2d..982f7ad52c1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TermVectorsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TermVectorsAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.termvectors;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TermVectorsAction extends Action<TermVectorsRequest, TermVectorsResponse, TermVectorsRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final TermVectorsAction INSTANCE = new TermVectorsAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/TransportUpdateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/TransportUpdateAction.java
index 2523496746a..fe123e4638a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/TransportUpdateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/TransportUpdateAction.java
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.unwrapCause;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportUpdateAction extends TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction<UpdateRequest, UpdateResponse> {
 
     private final TransportDeleteAction deleteAction;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateAction.java
index 4ac1002dbc6..7d7997a7a0b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateAction.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.update;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 
-/**
- */
 public class UpdateAction extends Action<UpdateRequest, UpdateResponse, UpdateRequestBuilder> {
 
     public static final UpdateAction INSTANCE = new UpdateAction();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
index f3db4e4ea19..11dabbd300a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-/**
- */
 public class UpdateRequest extends InstanceShardOperationRequest<UpdateRequest>
         implements DocumentRequest<UpdateRequest>, WriteRequest<UpdateRequest> {
     private static final DeprecationLogger DEPRECATION_LOGGER =
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java
index c3816d8d37f..2dd5cb138e8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/support/AbstractClient.java
@@ -348,9 +348,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractClient extends AbstractComponent implements Client {
 
     private final ThreadPool threadPool;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClientNodesService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClientNodesService.java
index 18c2d15ec39..f36e9c60526 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClientNodesService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClientNodesService.java
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue.timeValueSeconds;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportClientNodesService extends AbstractComponent implements Closeable {
 
     private final TimeValue nodesSamplerInterval;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/support/TransportProxyClient.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/support/TransportProxyClient.java
index 34833e9400a..31af25a494a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/support/TransportProxyClient.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/support/TransportProxyClient.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportProxyClient {
 
     private final TransportClientNodesService nodesService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/index/NodeMappingRefreshAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/index/NodeMappingRefreshAction.java
index b1bf01018c9..3fc4f436154 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/index/NodeMappingRefreshAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/index/NodeMappingRefreshAction.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NodeMappingRefreshAction extends AbstractComponent {
 
     public static final String ACTION_NAME = "internal:cluster/node/mapping/refresh";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlock.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlock.java
index 5a7f8f7c0a9..253206222b4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlock.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlock.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterBlock implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     private int id;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlockException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlockException.java
index 94fad64154d..9ebb2286895 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlockException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlockException.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableSet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterBlockException extends ElasticsearchException {
     private final Set<ClusterBlock> blocks;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlockLevel.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlockLevel.java
index 45ff1d3707b..9d39d410d03 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlockLevel.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/block/ClusterBlockLevel.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.cluster.block;
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum ClusterBlockLevel {
     READ(0),
     WRITE(1),
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/health/ClusterHealthStatus.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/health/ClusterHealthStatus.java
index a261d28f537..8a255fb1ce8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/health/ClusterHealthStatus.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/health/ClusterHealthStatus.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum ClusterHealthStatus implements Writeable {
     GREEN((byte) 0),
     YELLOW((byte) 1),
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/AliasMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/AliasMetaData.java
index 7e4d1917485..e62a3935ad5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/AliasMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/AliasMetaData.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AliasMetaData extends AbstractDiffable<AliasMetaData> {
 
     public static final AliasMetaData PROTO = new AliasMetaData("", null, null, null);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java
index 44db87d9b30..25836d54a1b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodeFilters.OpType.OR;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.readSettingsFromStream;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.writeSettingsToStream;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexMetaData implements Diffable<IndexMetaData>, FromXContentBuilder<IndexMetaData>, ToXContent {
 
     public interface Custom extends Diffable<Custom>, ToXContent {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexTemplateMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexTemplateMetaData.java
index c11389d2dc2..e719bac6188 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexTemplateMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexTemplateMetaData.java
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexTemplateMetaData extends AbstractDiffable<IndexTemplateMetaData> {
 
     public static final IndexTemplateMetaData PROTO = IndexTemplateMetaData.builder("").build();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException.java
index f161f8c55ee..c648c3e633d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException(TimeValue timeValue, String source) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeFilters.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeFilters.java
index 7247dff5d8c..fad86caa7cc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeFilters.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeFilters.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DiscoveryNodeFilters {
 
     public enum OpType {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/service/PendingClusterTask.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/service/PendingClusterTask.java
index d53dcb32584..93da0b99e9a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/service/PendingClusterTask.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/service/PendingClusterTask.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PendingClusterTask implements Streamable {
 
     private long insertOrder;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Booleans.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Booleans.java
index 9c5f5746633..9ec1ac968ac 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Booleans.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Booleans.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.common;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Booleans {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Classes.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Classes.java
index 4a73c0d8ae4..091e3465028 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Classes.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Classes.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Classes {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Strings.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Strings.java
index 955b836ca1c..1ef13e3bc70 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Strings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/Strings.java
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableSet;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.util.set.Sets.newHashSet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Strings {
 
     public static final String[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new String[0];
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/BlobStoreException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/BlobStoreException.java
index 4d982b3c3e3..700bff5ebae 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/BlobStoreException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/BlobStoreException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BlobStoreException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public BlobStoreException(String msg) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/fs/FsBlobStore.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/fs/FsBlobStore.java
index 725535ecadb..ce696678896 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/fs/FsBlobStore.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/fs/FsBlobStore.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FsBlobStore extends AbstractComponent implements BlobStore {
 
     private final Path path;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/support/PlainBlobMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/support/PlainBlobMetaData.java
index ea931631e0c..e51c56b6c11 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/support/PlainBlobMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/support/PlainBlobMetaData.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.blobstore.support;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.blobstore.BlobMetaData;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PlainBlobMetaData implements BlobMetaData {
 
     private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/HppcMaps.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/HppcMaps.java
index 55fc67831e3..c48626cf7c1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/HppcMaps.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/HppcMaps.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import com.carrotsearch.hppc.cursors.ObjectCursor;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
-/**
- */
 public final class HppcMaps {
 
     private HppcMaps() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/MapBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/MapBuilder.java
index bfb0f42f44a..a840ee037f8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/MapBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/MapBuilder.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MapBuilder<K, V> {
 
     public static <K, V> MapBuilder<K, V> newMapBuilder() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/Tuple.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/Tuple.java
index ed88ae9df25..2a0d860e1a3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/Tuple.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/collect/Tuple.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.common.collect;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Tuple<V1, V2> {
 
     public static <V1, V2> Tuple<V1, V2> tuple(V1 v1, V2 v2) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/AbstractLifecycleComponent.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/AbstractLifecycleComponent.java
index 6f1534b57d8..e2868b23e89 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/AbstractLifecycleComponent.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/AbstractLifecycleComponent.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractLifecycleComponent extends AbstractComponent implements LifecycleComponent {
 
     protected final Lifecycle lifecycle = new Lifecycle();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/LifecycleComponent.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/LifecycleComponent.java
index b57486105d2..2729d60fa1c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/LifecycleComponent.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/LifecycleComponent.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.component;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lease.Releasable;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface LifecycleComponent extends Releasable {
 
     Lifecycle.State lifecycleState();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/LifecycleListener.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/LifecycleListener.java
index 52f9bea410b..447fb736e0c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/LifecycleListener.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/component/LifecycleListener.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.common.component;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class LifecycleListener {
 
     public void beforeStart() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/Compressor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/Compressor.java
index 883078dafe8..05706debd37 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/Compressor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/Compressor.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public interface Compressor {
 
     boolean isCompressed(BytesReference bytes);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/CompressorFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/CompressorFactory.java
index 82e049704cc..067d4666722 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/CompressorFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/CompressorFactory.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class CompressorFactory {
 
     public static final Compressor COMPRESSOR = new DeflateCompressor();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/GeoPoint.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/GeoPoint.java
index 15e2fb4fabb..f76720b9ed6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/GeoPoint.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/GeoPoint.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.geo.GeoHashUtils.mortonEncode;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.geo.GeoHashUtils.stringEncode;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class GeoPoint {
 
     private double lat;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/GeoUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/GeoUtils.java
index b81720057c6..d33616cbe60 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/GeoUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/GeoUtils.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.GeoPointFieldMapper;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GeoUtils {
 
     /** Maximum valid latitude in degrees. */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/ShapesAvailability.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/ShapesAvailability.java
index fe33fadb857..c800e011594 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/ShapesAvailability.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/ShapesAvailability.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.common.geo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ShapesAvailability {
 
     public static final boolean SPATIAL4J_AVAILABLE;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/SpatialStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/SpatialStrategy.java
index e1b0356b686..5a7c9e2a325 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/SpatialStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/SpatialStrategy.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum SpatialStrategy implements Writeable {
 
     TERM("term"),
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/FastCharArrayReader.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/FastCharArrayReader.java
index 53b932afd54..f75d8d1c96a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/FastCharArrayReader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/FastCharArrayReader.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.io;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FastCharArrayReader extends Reader {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/UTF8StreamWriter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/UTF8StreamWriter.java
index 59c95f67ea3..0ed5fd498de 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/UTF8StreamWriter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/UTF8StreamWriter.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Writer;
 
 
-/**
- */
 public final class UTF8StreamWriter extends Writer {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/ByteBufferStreamInput.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/ByteBufferStreamInput.java
index d13f539a670..3193d47c47e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/ByteBufferStreamInput.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/ByteBufferStreamInput.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ByteBufferStreamInput extends StreamInput {
 
     private final ByteBuffer buffer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/DataOutputStreamOutput.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/DataOutputStreamOutput.java
index aa542b1c305..184560a4a76 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/DataOutputStreamOutput.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/DataOutputStreamOutput.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DataOutputStreamOutput extends StreamOutput {
 
     private final DataOutput out;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/InputStreamStreamInput.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/InputStreamStreamInput.java
index d786041af49..a252b66bcfc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/InputStreamStreamInput.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/InputStreamStreamInput.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InputStreamStreamInput extends StreamInput {
 
     private final InputStream is;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/OutputStreamStreamOutput.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/OutputStreamStreamOutput.java
index 93e1fe8ee90..d30255605e7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/OutputStreamStreamOutput.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/OutputStreamStreamOutput.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
-/**
- */
 public class OutputStreamStreamOutput extends StreamOutput {
 
     private final OutputStream out;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/joda/Joda.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/joda/Joda.java
index 34c882d0d80..7978ceff48c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/joda/Joda.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/joda/Joda.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Joda {
 
     public static FormatDateTimeFormatter forPattern(String input) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/BytesRefs.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/BytesRefs.java
index e99f61fe8e6..b363315a108 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/BytesRefs.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/BytesRefs.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.lucene;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRefBuilder;
 
-/**
- */
 public class BytesRefs {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
index ef570be1e7a..e3d3bf1c624 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Lucene {
     public static final String LATEST_DOC_VALUES_FORMAT = "Lucene54";
     public static final String LATEST_POSTINGS_FORMAT = "Lucene50";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/MinimumScoreCollector.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/MinimumScoreCollector.java
index e1fc0171bb7..2552309450b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/MinimumScoreCollector.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/MinimumScoreCollector.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.search.SimpleCollector;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MinimumScoreCollector extends SimpleCollector {
 
     private final Collector collector;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/ScorerAware.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/ScorerAware.java
index e5708df05f3..df17f8d7757 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/ScorerAware.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/ScorerAware.java
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.lucene;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Scorer;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface ScorerAware {
 
     void setScorer(Scorer scorer);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllEntries.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllEntries.java
index 23370bb0ffe..ffd85213e8a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllEntries.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllEntries.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.all;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AllEntries {
     public static class Entry {
         private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllTokenStream.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllTokenStream.java
index 045a4badc45..0d29a65d5d5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllTokenStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllTokenStream.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.SmallFloat;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class AllTokenStream extends TokenFilter {
     public static TokenStream allTokenStream(String allFieldName, String value, float boost, Analyzer analyzer) throws IOException {
         return new AllTokenStream(analyzer.tokenStream(allFieldName, value), boost);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/FilteredCollector.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/FilteredCollector.java
index 5bb92235044..3a5d71d1fcd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/FilteredCollector.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/FilteredCollector.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FilteredCollector implements Collector {
 
     private final Collector collector;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/MoreLikeThisQuery.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/MoreLikeThisQuery.java
index 06ab2b4a530..81a8dfdd1e9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/MoreLikeThisQuery.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/MoreLikeThisQuery.java
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MoreLikeThisQuery extends Query {
 
     public static final String DEFAULT_MINIMUM_SHOULD_MATCH = "30%";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/Queries.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/Queries.java
index ee3f752f890..8933b56b124 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/Queries.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/Queries.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeFieldMapper;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Queries {
 
     public static Query newMatchAllQuery() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/ScoreFunction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/ScoreFunction.java
index 9b33f3d90cc..189ca1584ae 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/ScoreFunction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/ScoreFunction.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class ScoreFunction {
 
     private final CombineFunction scoreCombiner;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/WeightFactorFunction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/WeightFactorFunction.java
index cadb3f55df4..bfe36b0a060 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/WeightFactorFunction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/WeightFactorFunction.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.search.Explanation;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class WeightFactorFunction extends ScoreFunction {
 
     private static final ScoreFunction SCORE_ONE = new ScoreOne(CombineFunction.MULTIPLY);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/store/InputStreamIndexInput.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/store/InputStreamIndexInput.java
index bb63978d70c..9866e239dba 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/store/InputStreamIndexInput.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/store/InputStreamIndexInput.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InputStreamIndexInput extends InputStream {
 
     private final IndexInput indexInput;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/CounterMetric.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/CounterMetric.java
index 917ec9d4960..b65d9999869 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/CounterMetric.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/CounterMetric.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.metrics;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.LongAdder;
 
-/**
- */
 public class CounterMetric implements Metric {
 
     private final LongAdder counter = new LongAdder();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/MeanMetric.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/MeanMetric.java
index f6f3104f558..1ee1a867fad 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/MeanMetric.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/MeanMetric.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.metrics;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.LongAdder;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MeanMetric implements Metric {
 
     private final LongAdder counter = new LongAdder();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/Metric.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/Metric.java
index b986c282a59..4f5bce173fc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/Metric.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/metrics/Metric.java
@@ -19,7 +19,5 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.common.metrics;
 
-/**
- */
 public interface Metric {
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/network/NetworkService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/network/NetworkService.java
index 2652f9ff646..b72acf8064c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/network/NetworkService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/network/NetworkService.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NetworkService extends AbstractComponent {
 
     /** By default, we bind to loopback interfaces */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/NoneRecycler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/NoneRecycler.java
index 258e4355b9f..d1bf59a92c6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/NoneRecycler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/NoneRecycler.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.common.recycler;
 
 
-/**
- */
 public class NoneRecycler<T> extends AbstractRecycler<T> {
 
     public NoneRecycler(C<T> c) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/regex/Regex.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/regex/Regex.java
index f1f945288e4..bcf2dfba3ef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/regex/Regex.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/regex/Regex.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Regex {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/rounding/DateTimeUnit.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/rounding/DateTimeUnit.java
index 375c1a27212..3bf4f460d71 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/rounding/DateTimeUnit.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/rounding/DateTimeUnit.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.joda.time.chrono.ISOChronology;
 
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum DateTimeUnit {
 
     WEEK_OF_WEEKYEAR(   (byte) 1, tz -> ISOChronology.getInstance(tz).weekOfWeekyear()),
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/transport/NetworkExceptionHelper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/transport/NetworkExceptionHelper.java
index 5d6211c3fec..b78d61f2506 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/transport/NetworkExceptionHelper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/transport/NetworkExceptionHelper.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.transport;
 import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NetworkExceptionHelper {
 
     public static boolean isConnectException(Throwable e) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/transport/PortsRange.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/transport/PortsRange.java
index f88f1de8fe0..aef5db31e2d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/transport/PortsRange.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/transport/PortsRange.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import com.carrotsearch.hppc.IntArrayList;
 
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PortsRange {
 
     private final String portRange;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/SizeUnit.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/SizeUnit.java
index 984931d2647..bfa8da1791d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/SizeUnit.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/SizeUnit.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.common.unit;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum SizeUnit {
     SINGLE {
         @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/ArrayUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/ArrayUtils.java
index bb8442efa08..de23663b3e9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/ArrayUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/ArrayUtils.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.util;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ArrayUtils {
 
     private ArrayUtils() {}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/Callback.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/Callback.java
index d4e3c94f700..3e498ef3747 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/Callback.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/Callback.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.common.util;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface Callback<T> {
 
     void handle(T t);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentCollections.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentCollections.java
index 1c78b92bebb..1f6b0645d4e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentCollections.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentCollections.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedTransferQueue;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class ConcurrentCollections {
 
     static final int aggressiveConcurrencyLevel;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentHashMapLong.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentHashMapLong.java
index 4a1d67aa38b..32e3a00c074 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentHashMapLong.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentHashMapLong.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ConcurrentHashMapLong<T> implements ConcurrentMapLong<T> {
 
     private final ConcurrentMap<Long, T> map;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentMapLong.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentMapLong.java
index 82212ad6165..85482ad6703 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentMapLong.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/ConcurrentMapLong.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface ConcurrentMapLong<T> extends ConcurrentMap<Long, T> {
 
     T get(long key);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/EsAbortPolicy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/EsAbortPolicy.java
index 2b19fa2096c..986b925f9e6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/EsAbortPolicy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/EsAbortPolicy.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.metrics.CounterMetric;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 
-/**
- */
 public class EsAbortPolicy implements XRejectedExecutionHandler {
     private final CounterMetric rejected = new CounterMetric();
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/EsRejectedExecutionException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/EsRejectedExecutionException.java
index d75b3ffa8c2..87e50a193ee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/EsRejectedExecutionException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/EsRejectedExecutionException.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class EsRejectedExecutionException extends ElasticsearchException {
     private final boolean isExecutorShutdown;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/FutureUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/FutureUtils.java
index ef39156d5bf..de841634ede 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/FutureUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/FutureUtils.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.SuppressForbidden;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FutureUtils {
 
     @SuppressForbidden(reason = "Future#cancel()")
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/PrioritizedCallable.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/PrioritizedCallable.java
index d028b5c7f6a..c946c47d5c0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/PrioritizedCallable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/PrioritizedCallable.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.Priority;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class PrioritizedCallable<T> implements Callable<T>, Comparable<PrioritizedCallable> {
 
     private final Priority priority;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/PrioritizedRunnable.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/PrioritizedRunnable.java
index 6c3e24d1ab9..7ef2e96e2c5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/PrioritizedRunnable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/PrioritizedRunnable.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.Priority;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.LongSupplier;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class PrioritizedRunnable implements Runnable, Comparable<PrioritizedRunnable> {
 
     private final Priority priority;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/UncategorizedExecutionException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/UncategorizedExecutionException.java
index a74a1a073f8..a741de3a8ef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/UncategorizedExecutionException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/UncategorizedExecutionException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UncategorizedExecutionException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public UncategorizedExecutionException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/XRejectedExecutionHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/XRejectedExecutionHandler.java
index e58f2abfd5f..d201484cabc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/XRejectedExecutionHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/XRejectedExecutionHandler.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionHandler;
 
-/**
- */
 public interface XRejectedExecutionHandler extends RejectedExecutionHandler {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentHelper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentHelper.java
index 2832527a583..1625289e528 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentHelper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentHelper.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public class XContentHelper {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/cbor/CborXContentParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/cbor/CborXContentParser.java
index ed10ea47c0e..772a5322cc7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/cbor/CborXContentParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/cbor/CborXContentParser.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContentParser;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CborXContentParser extends JsonXContentParser {
 
     public CborXContentParser(JsonParser parser) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentParser.java
index 5728e6035e6..f7ed46a6496 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentParser.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.AbstractXContentParser;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class JsonXContentParser extends AbstractXContentParser {
 
     final JsonParser parser;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/SmileXContentParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/SmileXContentParser.java
index 2bbf99db27d..ad8e12e70bf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/SmileXContentParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/SmileXContentParser.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContentParser;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SmileXContentParser extends JsonXContentParser {
 
     public SmileXContentParser(JsonParser parser) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/AbstractXContentParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/AbstractXContentParser.java
index 9f313a59b90..c0025499443 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/AbstractXContentParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/AbstractXContentParser.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractXContentParser implements XContentParser {
 
     // Currently this is not a setting that can be changed and is a policy
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/XContentMapValues.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/XContentMapValues.java
index f1eb9228d09..c745c7d6c0c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/XContentMapValues.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/XContentMapValues.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class XContentMapValues {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/yaml/YamlXContentParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/yaml/YamlXContentParser.java
index 3b674c054dc..5efceac7dcf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/yaml/YamlXContentParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/yaml/YamlXContentParser.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContentParser;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class YamlXContentParser extends JsonXContentParser {
 
     public YamlXContentParser(JsonParser parser) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/MasterNotDiscoveredException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/MasterNotDiscoveredException.java
index 160915a6e10..282d849debd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/MasterNotDiscoveredException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/MasterNotDiscoveredException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MasterNotDiscoveredException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public MasterNotDiscoveredException() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/local/LocalDiscovery.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/local/LocalDiscovery.java
index 6b943bde78b..389f5ee03bb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/local/LocalDiscovery.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/local/LocalDiscovery.java
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState.Builder;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LocalDiscovery extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Discovery {
 
     private static final LocalDiscovery[] NO_MEMBERS = new LocalDiscovery[0];
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/DiscoveryNodesProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/DiscoveryNodesProvider.java
index b9ce7901369..247839397e0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/DiscoveryNodesProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/DiscoveryNodesProvider.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface DiscoveryNodesProvider {
 
     DiscoveryNodes nodes();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ElectMasterService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ElectMasterService.java
index 1d11f5cf0f5..26029add7a4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ElectMasterService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ElectMasterService.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ElectMasterService extends AbstractComponent {
 
     public static final Setting<Integer> DISCOVERY_ZEN_MINIMUM_MASTER_NODES_SETTING =
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/membership/MembershipAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/membership/MembershipAction.java
index 8740d12c5f7..f0140c660cd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/membership/MembershipAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/membership/MembershipAction.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MembershipAction extends AbstractComponent {
 
     public static final String DISCOVERY_JOIN_ACTION_NAME = "internal:discovery/zen/join";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/PingContextProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/PingContextProvider.java
index 0bcc8b37d88..43f4618472b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/PingContextProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/PingContextProvider.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.ping;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.DiscoveryNodesProvider;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface PingContextProvider extends DiscoveryNodesProvider {
 
     /** return the current cluster state of the node */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/unicast/UnicastZenPing.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/unicast/UnicastZenPing.java
index 637730c75fd..aed0a1e1d36 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/unicast/UnicastZenPing.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/ping/unicast/UnicastZenPing.java
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap;
 import static org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.ping.ZenPing.PingResponse.readPingResponse;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UnicastZenPing extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements ZenPing {
 
     public static final String ACTION_NAME = "internal:discovery/zen/unicast";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/publish/PublishClusterStateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/publish/PublishClusterStateAction.java
index 870e34cc1f3..c2479363840 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/publish/PublishClusterStateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/publish/PublishClusterStateAction.java
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PublishClusterStateAction extends AbstractComponent {
 
     public static final String SEND_ACTION_NAME = "internal:discovery/zen/publish/send";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayAllocator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayAllocator.java
index 450255575d9..d75a864d8dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayAllocator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayAllocator.java
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.store.TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GatewayAllocator extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private RoutingService routingService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayException.java
index 619d3d5f41e..32050f1c10e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GatewayException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public GatewayException(String msg) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayModule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayModule.java
index 8169062a70b..b78310171e4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayModule.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayModule.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.gateway;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GatewayModule extends AbstractModule {
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayService.java
index 5c45e4de90c..2e351b2e6bf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayService.java
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GatewayService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements ClusterStateListener {
 
     public static final Setting<Integer> EXPECTED_NODES_SETTING =
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/LocalAllocateDangledIndices.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/LocalAllocateDangledIndices.java
index 24562b52163..dcaccb88269 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/LocalAllocateDangledIndices.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/LocalAllocateDangledIndices.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-/**
- */
 public class LocalAllocateDangledIndices extends AbstractComponent {
 
     public static final String ACTION_NAME = "internal:gateway/local/allocate_dangled";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocator.java
index 96e3acb665e..620fd354327 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocator.java
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class ReplicaShardAllocator extends BaseGatewayShardAllocator {
 
     public ReplicaShardAllocator(Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/TransportNodesListGatewayMetaState.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/TransportNodesListGatewayMetaState.java
index 24886dc72d3..3e6769200e9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/TransportNodesListGatewayMetaState.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/TransportNodesListGatewayMetaState.java
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportNodesListGatewayMetaState extends TransportNodesAction<TransportNodesListGatewayMetaState.Request,
                                                                              TransportNodesListGatewayMetaState.NodesGatewayMetaState,
                                                                              TransportNodesListGatewayMetaState.NodeRequest,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/BindHttpException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/BindHttpException.java
index f8cac9f2a97..2ebc138c452 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/BindHttpException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/BindHttpException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BindHttpException extends HttpException {
 
     public BindHttpException(String message) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpException.java
index 69edf088401..54a7b8d8300 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class HttpException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public HttpException(String message) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpServerAdapter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpServerAdapter.java
index 16b0bd00443..a7e61143893 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpServerAdapter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpServerAdapter.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestChannel;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface HttpServerAdapter {
 
     void dispatchRequest(RestRequest request, RestChannel channel, ThreadContext context);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexComponent.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexComponent.java
index c2959c9d4c3..4f707f404dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexComponent.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexComponent.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface IndexComponent {
 
     Index index();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexShardAlreadyExistsException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexShardAlreadyExistsException.java
index 564988d0594..7cdd869821e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexShardAlreadyExistsException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexShardAlreadyExistsException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexShardAlreadyExistsException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public IndexShardAlreadyExistsException(String message) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexWarmer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexWarmer.java
index 439acb239a3..72068f3d1d2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexWarmer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexWarmer.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- */
 public final class IndexWarmer extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private final List<Listener> listeners;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/VersionType.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/VersionType.java
index 062fbce10de..be853ba94b1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/VersionType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/VersionType.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.uid.Versions;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum VersionType implements Writeable {
     INTERNAL((byte) 0) {
         @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractCharFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractCharFilterFactory.java
index 2e728386ab8..fe4e757a9ae 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractCharFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractCharFilterFactory.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.analysis;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.AbstractIndexComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractCharFilterFactory extends AbstractIndexComponent implements CharFilterFactory {
 
     private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider.java
index c0406cb806e..d8c30df9bf4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.AbstractIndexComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<T extends Analyzer> extends AbstractIndexComponent implements AnalyzerProvider<T> {
 
     private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractTokenFilterFactory.java
index 16096ca8f3f..b148adbd6ed 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.AbstractIndexComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractIndexComponent implements TokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractTokenizerFactory.java
index dafc4b87730..dfa177a7fbf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.AbstractIndexComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractTokenizerFactory extends AbstractIndexComponent implements TokenizerFactory {
 
     private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalyzerProvider.java
index ef49d5c8dac..b31d9851edf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.analysis;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Provider;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface AnalyzerProvider<T extends Analyzer> extends Provider<T> {
 
     String name();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalyzerScope.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalyzerScope.java
index c4795d7a455..4ff06664f76 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalyzerScope.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalyzerScope.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.analysis;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum AnalyzerScope {
     INDEX,
     INDICES,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicAnalyzerProvider.java
index 4b185c450d5..fffa594b9e1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ArabicAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<ArabicAnalyzer> {
 
     private final ArabicAnalyzer arabicAnalyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicNormalizationFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicNormalizationFilterFactory.java
index 265e050efee..15ed250e00c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicNormalizationFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicNormalizationFilterFactory.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ArabicNormalizationFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory implements MultiTermAwareComponent {
 
     public ArabicNormalizationFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicStemTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicStemTokenFilterFactory.java
index 91a68386f61..909352aeae8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicStemTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArabicStemTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ArabicStemTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     public ArabicStemTokenFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArmenianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArmenianAnalyzerProvider.java
index b58b8a87886..c53d9da8676 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArmenianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ArmenianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ArmenianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<ArmenianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final ArmenianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BasqueAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BasqueAnalyzerProvider.java
index 17f601084b8..cd91cb7522c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BasqueAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BasqueAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BasqueAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<BasqueAnalyzer> {
 
     private final BasqueAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BrazilianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BrazilianAnalyzerProvider.java
index 872d1fb708a..c2640390f2d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BrazilianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BrazilianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BrazilianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<BrazilianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final BrazilianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BrazilianStemTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BrazilianStemTokenFilterFactory.java
index efcc1bfba90..abbd89b3a14 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BrazilianStemTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BrazilianStemTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.analysis.CharArraySet;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
-/**
- *
- */
+
 public class BrazilianStemTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final CharArraySet exclusions;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BulgarianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BulgarianAnalyzerProvider.java
index 4eddc84d310..b1017a1ee7d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BulgarianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/BulgarianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BulgarianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<BulgarianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final BulgarianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CatalanAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CatalanAnalyzerProvider.java
index cd03649febc..25328421f99 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CatalanAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CatalanAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CatalanAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<CatalanAnalyzer> {
 
     private final CatalanAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CharFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CharFilterFactory.java
index b76af08a0d1..68692c89469 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CharFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CharFilterFactory.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.analysis;
 
 import java.io.Reader;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface CharFilterFactory {
 
     String name();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CjkAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CjkAnalyzerProvider.java
index 1728a4a3f7e..dd7f61f706c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CjkAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CjkAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CjkAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<CJKAnalyzer> {
 
     private final CJKAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CommonGramsTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CommonGramsTokenFilterFactory.java
index da1ca022685..eb6dae82061 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CommonGramsTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CommonGramsTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CommonGramsTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final CharArraySet words;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CustomAnalyzer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CustomAnalyzer.java
index b68a321359e..6185f358568 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CustomAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CustomAnalyzer.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Tokenizer;
 
 import java.io.Reader;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class CustomAnalyzer extends Analyzer {
 
     private final TokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CzechAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CzechAnalyzerProvider.java
index f1487d198b5..f93e9e16e5e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CzechAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CzechAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CzechAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<CzechAnalyzer> {
 
     private final CzechAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DanishAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DanishAnalyzerProvider.java
index 041ca52c428..22e4dc07d0d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DanishAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DanishAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DanishAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<DanishAnalyzer> {
 
     private final DanishAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DelimitedPayloadTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DelimitedPayloadTokenFilterFactory.java
index d620e058e3e..12d0a041bd5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DelimitedPayloadTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DelimitedPayloadTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DelimitedPayloadTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     public static final char DEFAULT_DELIMITER = '|';
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DutchAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DutchAnalyzerProvider.java
index 1c33131624e..c747a9a5a3d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DutchAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DutchAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DutchAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<DutchAnalyzer> {
 
     private final DutchAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DutchStemTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DutchStemTokenFilterFactory.java
index daa67b00d34..9a486227a22 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DutchStemTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/DutchStemTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.tartarus.snowball.ext.DutchStemmer;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DutchStemTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final CharArraySet exclusions;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EdgeNGramTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EdgeNGramTokenFilterFactory.java
index 82ed526323d..9d287d90c83 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EdgeNGramTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EdgeNGramTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class EdgeNGramTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final int minGram;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EdgeNGramTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EdgeNGramTokenizerFactory.java
index 77d122393ce..cb696219f4e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EdgeNGramTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EdgeNGramTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.NGramTokenizerFactory.parseTokenChars;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class EdgeNGramTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory {
 
     private final int minGram;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ElisionTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ElisionTokenFilterFactory.java
index 0b94fb301a1..0859824370b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ElisionTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ElisionTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ElisionTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory implements MultiTermAwareComponent {
 
     private final CharArraySet articles;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EnglishAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EnglishAnalyzerProvider.java
index bcb7889253d..d124f27db57 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EnglishAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/EnglishAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class EnglishAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<EnglishAnalyzer> {
 
     private final EnglishAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FieldNameAnalyzer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FieldNameAnalyzer.java
index 34829cedeed..dbb355ea51c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FieldNameAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FieldNameAnalyzer.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.CopyOnWriteHashMap;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class FieldNameAnalyzer extends DelegatingAnalyzerWrapper {
 
     private final Map<String, Analyzer> analyzers;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FingerprintTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FingerprintTokenFilterFactory.java
index 9d41044abf7..55623e8f831 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FingerprintTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FingerprintTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FingerprintTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final char separator;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FinnishAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FinnishAnalyzerProvider.java
index 3a2b3292480..5f728619f9e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FinnishAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FinnishAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FinnishAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<FinnishAnalyzer> {
 
     private final FinnishAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FrenchAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FrenchAnalyzerProvider.java
index ff848dc681b..f312161819d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FrenchAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FrenchAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FrenchAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<FrenchAnalyzer> {
 
     private final FrenchAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FrenchStemTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FrenchStemTokenFilterFactory.java
index e24dc86a22e..1a6ca73792e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FrenchStemTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/FrenchStemTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.tartarus.snowball.ext.FrenchStemmer;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FrenchStemTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final CharArraySet exclusions;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GalicianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GalicianAnalyzerProvider.java
index 6f6521f52f7..646fa9fa681 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GalicianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GalicianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GalicianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<GalicianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final GalicianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GermanAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GermanAnalyzerProvider.java
index a55df0f1b8a..c11ac7eb9ba 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GermanAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GermanAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GermanAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<GermanAnalyzer> {
 
     private final GermanAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GermanStemTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GermanStemTokenFilterFactory.java
index 72e66c29dfd..eedb59e9141 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GermanStemTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GermanStemTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GermanStemTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final CharArraySet exclusions;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GreekAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GreekAnalyzerProvider.java
index 4550af52cec..625acddfadc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GreekAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/GreekAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GreekAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<GreekAnalyzer> {
 
     private final GreekAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HindiAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HindiAnalyzerProvider.java
index 85e08764dc3..123117abced 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HindiAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HindiAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class HindiAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<HindiAnalyzer> {
 
     private final HindiAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HungarianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HungarianAnalyzerProvider.java
index f5a09f2ce3a..99268ee7ee9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HungarianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/HungarianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class HungarianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<HungarianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final HungarianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IndonesianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IndonesianAnalyzerProvider.java
index b4c41a3ce3d..60f40612cd0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IndonesianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IndonesianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndonesianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<IndonesianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final IndonesianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ItalianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ItalianAnalyzerProvider.java
index fd2246a1d6f..38f7094bdeb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ItalianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ItalianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ItalianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<ItalianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final ItalianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KeywordAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KeywordAnalyzerProvider.java
index 0bf134cb380..a0982a0a8a2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KeywordAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KeywordAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class KeywordAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<KeywordAnalyzer> {
 
     private final KeywordAnalyzer keywordAnalyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KeywordTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KeywordTokenizerFactory.java
index ac44f106f51..a3707d9e44a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KeywordTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KeywordTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class KeywordTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory {
 
     private final int bufferSize;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LatvianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LatvianAnalyzerProvider.java
index 757c6d2f4e2..a288747ab4b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LatvianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LatvianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LatvianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<LatvianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final LatvianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LengthTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LengthTokenFilterFactory.java
index e55e24ccae0..8a03802a7dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LengthTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LengthTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LengthTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final int min;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LetterTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LetterTokenizerFactory.java
index bba9c424661..364c2367623 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LetterTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LetterTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LetterTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory {
 
     public LetterTokenizerFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LimitTokenCountFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LimitTokenCountFilterFactory.java
index b3e3e8a19ca..ddf60911187 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LimitTokenCountFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LimitTokenCountFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LimitTokenCountFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_TOKEN_COUNT = 1;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LowerCaseTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LowerCaseTokenizerFactory.java
index 961307f7015..16939f0d153 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LowerCaseTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/LowerCaseTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LowerCaseTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory implements MultiTermAwareComponent {
 
     public LowerCaseTokenizerFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NGramTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NGramTokenFilterFactory.java
index 0905b310735..7926f585bc3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NGramTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NGramTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NGramTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final int minGram;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NGramTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NGramTokenizerFactory.java
index 424aa04e548..17acddf55e1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NGramTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NGramTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NGramTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory {
 
     private final int minGram;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NorwegianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NorwegianAnalyzerProvider.java
index fb0b8e36cf8..65a7dff331f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NorwegianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/NorwegianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NorwegianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<NorwegianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final NorwegianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PatternAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PatternAnalyzerProvider.java
index c96d26676a4..b3bbb872f2a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PatternAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PatternAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PatternAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<Analyzer> {
 
     private final PatternAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PersianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PersianAnalyzerProvider.java
index 66bebe579ac..2c5b427e51a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PersianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PersianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PersianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<PersianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final PersianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PersianNormalizationFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PersianNormalizationFilterFactory.java
index 4f5751d985d..1a9644d611f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PersianNormalizationFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PersianNormalizationFilterFactory.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PersianNormalizationFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory implements MultiTermAwareComponent {
 
     public PersianNormalizationFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PorterStemTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PorterStemTokenFilterFactory.java
index 8bb205f9646..82d3d7633a8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PorterStemTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PorterStemTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PorterStemTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     public PorterStemTokenFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PortugueseAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PortugueseAnalyzerProvider.java
index 919bdd933fe..1d5f0561e24 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PortugueseAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PortugueseAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PortugueseAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<PortugueseAnalyzer> {
 
     private final PortugueseAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerProvider.java
index af87d090de4..a6f0c132ba8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.analysis;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PreBuiltAnalyzerProvider implements AnalyzerProvider<NamedAnalyzer> {
 
     private final NamedAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerProviderFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerProviderFactory.java
index 786e24a0844..3e59377ecc2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerProviderFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerProviderFactory.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.PreBuiltAnalyzers;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PreBuiltAnalyzerProviderFactory implements AnalysisModule.AnalysisProvider<AnalyzerProvider<?>> {
 
     private final PreBuiltAnalyzerProvider analyzerProvider;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ReverseTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ReverseTokenFilterFactory.java
index 8fad0a14c7f..1719841098d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ReverseTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ReverseTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ReverseTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     public ReverseTokenFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RomanianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RomanianAnalyzerProvider.java
index 9e08c638e5d..1ba780bf4cb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RomanianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RomanianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RomanianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<RomanianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final RomanianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RussianAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RussianAnalyzerProvider.java
index 9478b7ff232..f7187cfb490 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RussianAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RussianAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RussianAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<RussianAnalyzer> {
 
     private final RussianAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RussianStemTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RussianStemTokenFilterFactory.java
index 12172497879..da38ed14176 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RussianStemTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/RussianStemTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RussianStemTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     public RussianStemTokenFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SerbianNormalizationFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SerbianNormalizationFilterFactory.java
index 8fc6052247c..d839a822cab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SerbianNormalizationFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SerbianNormalizationFilterFactory.java
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.analysis.sr.SerbianNormalizationFilter;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
-/**
- *
- */
+
 public class SerbianNormalizationFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory implements MultiTermAwareComponent {
 
     public SerbianNormalizationFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ShingleTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ShingleTokenFilterFactory.java
index 0c6ae7b9652..453d7bad896 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ShingleTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ShingleTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ShingleTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final Factory factory;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleAnalyzerProvider.java
index faa23cfcd35..6a7d530402f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SimpleAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<SimpleAnalyzer> {
 
     private final SimpleAnalyzer simpleAnalyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SpanishAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SpanishAnalyzerProvider.java
index ff95272e816..23f1b734469 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SpanishAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SpanishAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SpanishAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<SpanishAnalyzer> {
 
     private final SpanishAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardAnalyzerProvider.java
index 2af7b5bbabf..a4ee6457b52 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StandardAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<StandardAnalyzer> {
 
     private final StandardAnalyzer standardAnalyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardHtmlStripAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardHtmlStripAnalyzerProvider.java
index b9e25346b25..edc837293f9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardHtmlStripAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardHtmlStripAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StandardHtmlStripAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<StandardHtmlStripAnalyzer> {
 
     private final StandardHtmlStripAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardTokenFilterFactory.java
index 2c6062b93f4..2339815b558 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StandardTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     public StandardTokenFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardTokenizerFactory.java
index 3f142a1ab43..ed8d2b452c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StandardTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- */
 public class StandardTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory {
 
     private final int maxTokenLength;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StemmerTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StemmerTokenFilterFactory.java
index 317b3e07850..bf83876259b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StemmerTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StemmerTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ import org.tartarus.snowball.ext.SpanishStemmer;
 import org.tartarus.snowball.ext.SwedishStemmer;
 import org.tartarus.snowball.ext.TurkishStemmer;
 
-/**
- */
 public class StemmerTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private String language;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StopAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StopAnalyzerProvider.java
index aca1fda299f..8c969238b47 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StopAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StopAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StopAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<StopAnalyzer> {
 
     private final StopAnalyzer stopAnalyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StopTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StopTokenFilterFactory.java
index 4e7c3ae1af8..86650e81915 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StopTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StopTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StopTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final CharArraySet stopWords;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SwedishAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SwedishAnalyzerProvider.java
index bbc14f474bb..b77e19efcaa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SwedishAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SwedishAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SwedishAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<SwedishAnalyzer> {
 
     private final SwedishAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ThaiAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ThaiAnalyzerProvider.java
index cf4b9dbdb1e..f1a69c62b1e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ThaiAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/ThaiAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ThaiAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<ThaiAnalyzer> {
 
     private final ThaiAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TokenFilterFactory.java
index 3d4866632cb..8c976646b85 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.analysis;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface TokenFilterFactory {
 
     String name();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TokenizerFactory.java
index f81ac97ba90..6ca9d457cbc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TokenizerFactory.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.analysis;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Tokenizer;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface TokenizerFactory {
 
     String name();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TrimTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TrimTokenFilterFactory.java
index c77467b2b41..4239f2444bc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TrimTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TrimTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TrimTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private static final String UPDATE_OFFSETS_KEY = "update_offsets";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TruncateTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TruncateTokenFilterFactory.java
index 0a5a30cc28f..49ea7d6940d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TruncateTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TruncateTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TruncateTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final int length;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TurkishAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TurkishAnalyzerProvider.java
index 368dcbe3abd..2b2696a362b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TurkishAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/TurkishAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TurkishAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<TurkishAnalyzer> {
 
     private final TurkishAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UAX29URLEmailTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UAX29URLEmailTokenizerFactory.java
index 3e75d214bd3..79eb0c604d9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UAX29URLEmailTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UAX29URLEmailTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UAX29URLEmailTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory {
 
     private final int maxTokenLength;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UniqueTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UniqueTokenFilterFactory.java
index eec70134c3f..986153a4577 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UniqueTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UniqueTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UniqueTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final boolean onlyOnSamePosition;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UpperCaseTokenFilterFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UpperCaseTokenFilterFactory.java
index c2074cb9393..551345fc2e1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UpperCaseTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/UpperCaseTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UpperCaseTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory implements MultiTermAwareComponent {
 
     public UpperCaseTokenFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/WhitespaceAnalyzerProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/WhitespaceAnalyzerProvider.java
index c74c7a88dd6..5681a499f66 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/WhitespaceAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/WhitespaceAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class WhitespaceAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<WhitespaceAnalyzer> {
 
     private final WhitespaceAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/WhitespaceTokenizerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/WhitespaceTokenizerFactory.java
index 5263523314d..aa5acc8a985 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/WhitespaceTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/WhitespaceTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class WhitespaceTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory {
 
     public WhitespaceTokenizerFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment environment, String name, Settings settings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/IndexCache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/IndexCache.java
index 61733f24695..3e853076ca4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/IndexCache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/IndexCache.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.cache.query.QueryCache;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexCache extends AbstractIndexComponent implements Closeable {
 
     private final QueryCache queryCache;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/ShardBitsetFilterCache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/ShardBitsetFilterCache.java
index 86a00fdbcf7..050c016118f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/ShardBitsetFilterCache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/ShardBitsetFilterCache.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.AbstractIndexShardComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ShardBitsetFilterCache extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
 
     private final CounterMetric totalMetric = new CounterMetric();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/DisabledQueryCache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/DisabledQueryCache.java
index 730dc63b939..df5158b6d7a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/DisabledQueryCache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/DisabledQueryCache.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.AbstractIndexComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.cache.query.QueryCache;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DisabledQueryCache extends AbstractIndexComponent implements QueryCache {
 
     public DisabledQueryCache(IndexSettings indexSettings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/QueryCache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/QueryCache.java
index bee947b54f0..318059d6a3f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/QueryCache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/QueryCache.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexComponent;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface QueryCache extends IndexComponent, Closeable, org.apache.lucene.search.QueryCache {
 
     static class EntriesStats {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/QueryCacheStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/QueryCacheStats.java
index fcbb6190048..33b61a35138 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/QueryCacheStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/query/QueryCacheStats.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class QueryCacheStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     long ramBytesUsed;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/request/RequestCacheStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/request/RequestCacheStats.java
index 5eb9775b816..e444238ef75 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/request/RequestCacheStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/request/RequestCacheStats.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RequestCacheStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     long memorySize;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DeleteFailedEngineException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DeleteFailedEngineException.java
index 068df25e2fd..f3f806fb831 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DeleteFailedEngineException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DeleteFailedEngineException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DeleteFailedEngineException extends EngineException {
 
     public DeleteFailedEngineException(ShardId shardId, Engine.Delete delete, Throwable cause) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DocumentMissingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DocumentMissingException.java
index 1f6b0cd501b..58e06e50a46 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DocumentMissingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DocumentMissingException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DocumentMissingException extends EngineException {
 
     public DocumentMissingException(ShardId shardId, String type, String id) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DocumentSourceMissingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DocumentSourceMissingException.java
index b0010162f4a..4fa53ed5a1e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DocumentSourceMissingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/DocumentSourceMissingException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DocumentSourceMissingException extends EngineException {
 
     public DocumentSourceMissingException(ShardId shardId, String type, String id) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineException.java
index 23f6be7ffd2..4d53deb8ee1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class EngineException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public EngineException(ShardId shardId, String msg, Object... params) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/FlushFailedEngineException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/FlushFailedEngineException.java
index 016e01c9c37..94aacdc3eae 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/FlushFailedEngineException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/FlushFailedEngineException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FlushFailedEngineException extends EngineException {
 
     public FlushFailedEngineException(ShardId shardId, Throwable t) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/IndexFailedEngineException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/IndexFailedEngineException.java
index 4728b7f899a..bacc786c7dc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/IndexFailedEngineException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/IndexFailedEngineException.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexFailedEngineException extends EngineException {
 
     private final String type;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RecoveryEngineException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RecoveryEngineException.java
index d55ed1d4189..a203962944b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RecoveryEngineException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RecoveryEngineException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RecoveryEngineException extends EngineException {
 
     private final int phase;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RefreshFailedEngineException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RefreshFailedEngineException.java
index 51e2b257518..e1227d075d3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RefreshFailedEngineException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RefreshFailedEngineException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RefreshFailedEngineException extends EngineException {
 
     public RefreshFailedEngineException(ShardId shardId, Throwable t) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/SnapshotFailedEngineException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/SnapshotFailedEngineException.java
index c0296cf9db3..f669139c07e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/SnapshotFailedEngineException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/SnapshotFailedEngineException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SnapshotFailedEngineException extends EngineException {
 
     public SnapshotFailedEngineException(ShardId shardId, Throwable cause) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/VersionConflictEngineException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/VersionConflictEngineException.java
index 9b038c6e77c..b743141d0c7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/VersionConflictEngineException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/VersionConflictEngineException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class VersionConflictEngineException extends EngineException {
 
     public VersionConflictEngineException(ShardId shardId, String type, String id, String explanation) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/FieldDataStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/FieldDataStats.java
index d8548f72476..56fe03d4395 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/FieldDataStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/FieldDataStats.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldDataStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     long memorySize;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/IndexNumericFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/IndexNumericFieldData.java
index abfe0d8e96a..d6573b930fa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/IndexNumericFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/IndexNumericFieldData.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata;
 
-/**
- */
 public interface IndexNumericFieldData extends IndexFieldData<AtomicNumericFieldData> {
 
     public static enum NumericType {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ShardFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ShardFieldData.java
index 9e21562e8c7..d8eaaaf448e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ShardFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ShardFieldData.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ShardFieldData implements IndexFieldDataCache.Listener {
 
     final CounterMetric evictionsMetric = new CounterMetric();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/SinglePackedOrdinals.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/SinglePackedOrdinals.java
index aa09bac4dcf..cfc0a0f3313 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/SinglePackedOrdinals.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/SinglePackedOrdinals.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.packed.PackedInts;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SinglePackedOrdinals extends Ordinals {
 
     // ordinals with value 0 indicates no value
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicGeoPointFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicGeoPointFieldData.java
index 175f041bd66..9660d9f8684 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicGeoPointFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicGeoPointFieldData.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.SortedBinaryDocValues;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class AbstractAtomicGeoPointFieldData implements AtomicGeoPointFieldData {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicOrdinalsFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicOrdinalsFieldData.java
index 51de4c1be53..52688f6903e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicOrdinalsFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicOrdinalsFieldData.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class AbstractAtomicOrdinalsFieldData implements AtomicOrdinalsFieldData {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicParentChildFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicParentChildFieldData.java
index 1a801d75411..7c03e1a7942 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicParentChildFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/AbstractAtomicParentChildFieldData.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 
 
-/**
- */
 abstract class AbstractAtomicParentChildFieldData implements AtomicParentChildFieldData {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/GeoPointArrayAtomicFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/GeoPointArrayAtomicFieldData.java
index b1a97a878ee..0627e341a04 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/GeoPointArrayAtomicFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/GeoPointArrayAtomicFieldData.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class GeoPointArrayAtomicFieldData extends AbstractAtomicGeoPointFieldData {
     @Override
     public void close() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/GeoPointArrayLegacyAtomicFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/GeoPointArrayLegacyAtomicFieldData.java
index 8d0953fb6e6..15f610e1ab7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/GeoPointArrayLegacyAtomicFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/GeoPointArrayLegacyAtomicFieldData.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class GeoPointArrayLegacyAtomicFieldData extends AbstractAtomicGeoPointFieldData {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/PagedBytesAtomicFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/PagedBytesAtomicFieldData.java
index 93a981cab2d..e46f04060b9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/PagedBytesAtomicFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/PagedBytesAtomicFieldData.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PagedBytesAtomicFieldData extends AbstractAtomicOrdinalsFieldData {
 
     private final PagedBytes.Reader bytes;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/PagedBytesIndexFieldData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/PagedBytesIndexFieldData.java
index 5695f7ef15a..3b01f01eafb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/PagedBytesIndexFieldData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/plain/PagedBytesIndexFieldData.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.breaker.CircuitBreakerService;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PagedBytesIndexFieldData extends AbstractIndexOrdinalsFieldData {
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fieldvisitor/JustUidFieldsVisitor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fieldvisitor/JustUidFieldsVisitor.java
index 2a6c362274a..661d729b55f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fieldvisitor/JustUidFieldsVisitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fieldvisitor/JustUidFieldsVisitor.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.UidFieldMapper;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class JustUidFieldsVisitor extends FieldsVisitor {
 
     public JustUidFieldsVisitor() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fieldvisitor/SingleFieldsVisitor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fieldvisitor/SingleFieldsVisitor.java
index f56b59b7ac2..556f43d06a1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fieldvisitor/SingleFieldsVisitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fieldvisitor/SingleFieldsVisitor.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.UidFieldMapper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SingleFieldsVisitor extends FieldsVisitor {
 
     private String field;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetField.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetField.java
index 0ebbf1f9ac1..be3b8d6a257 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetField.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetField.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GetField implements Streamable, Iterable<Object> {
 
     private String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetResult.java
index b688ed44234..0f02885a251 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetResult.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.get.GetField.readGetField;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetResult implements Streamable, Iterable<GetField>, ToXContent {
 
     private String index;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetStats.java
index 10b4f64c19e..ed7057d33f0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/GetStats.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GetStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     private long existsCount;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/ShardGetService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/ShardGetService.java
index c49fb2c3cc4..cfab3382c18 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/ShardGetService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/ShardGetService.java
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- */
 public final class ShardGetService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
     private final MapperService mapperService;
     private final MeanMetric existsMetric = new MeanMetric();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/AllFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/AllFieldMapper.java
index 6c1477d8d07..90d9fbda1b5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/AllFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/AllFieldMapper.java
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.lenien
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeMapValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseTextField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AllFieldMapper extends MetadataFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String NAME = "_all";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/BinaryFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/BinaryFieldMapper.java
index 19c475e21cb..374540d03fe 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/BinaryFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/BinaryFieldMapper.java
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BinaryFieldMapper extends FieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "binary";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CompletionFieldMapper2x.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CompletionFieldMapper2x.java
index 590ca0f8615..73a797954af 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CompletionFieldMapper2x.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CompletionFieldMapper2x.java
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseMultiField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CompletionFieldMapper2x extends FieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "completion";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentFieldMappers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentFieldMappers.java
index 57f2ff40530..12f968bb38b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentFieldMappers.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentFieldMappers.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class DocumentFieldMappers implements Iterable<FieldMapper> {
 
     /** Full field name to mapper */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapper.java
index eb6d6a9a3e8..b23c189e5bd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapper.java
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DocumentMapper implements ToXContent {
 
     public static class Builder {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DynamicTemplate.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DynamicTemplate.java
index 08620ed8c45..197d06cd099 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DynamicTemplate.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DynamicTemplate.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DynamicTemplate implements ToXContent {
 
     private static final DeprecationLogger DEPRECATION_LOGGER = new DeprecationLogger(Loggers.getLogger(DynamicTemplate.class));
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/IndexFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/IndexFieldMapper.java
index e1615add19e..e4a1f5ec5eb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/IndexFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/IndexFieldMapper.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexFieldMapper extends MetadataFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String NAME = "_index";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyByteFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyByteFieldMapper.java
index 979527ece34..96bde70ae82 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyByteFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyByteFieldMapper.java
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeByteValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseNumberField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyByteFieldMapper extends LegacyNumberFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "byte";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyDoubleFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyDoubleFieldMapper.java
index 4686bf8584c..c0a6dd8bacf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyDoubleFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyDoubleFieldMapper.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeDoubleValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseNumberField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyDoubleFieldMapper extends LegacyNumberFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "double";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyFloatFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyFloatFieldMapper.java
index 1bb870e6325..43307373cb3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyFloatFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyFloatFieldMapper.java
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeFloatValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseNumberField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyFloatFieldMapper extends LegacyNumberFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "float";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIntegerFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIntegerFieldMapper.java
index a47c3a0c875..b2016c75552 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIntegerFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIntegerFieldMapper.java
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeIntegerValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseNumberField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyIntegerFieldMapper extends LegacyNumberFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "integer";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIpFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIpFieldMapper.java
index 01013dc469e..37c37cc1b80 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIpFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIpFieldMapper.java
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseNumberField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyIpFieldMapper extends LegacyNumberFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "ip";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyLongFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyLongFieldMapper.java
index dc179968773..110259421c9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyLongFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyLongFieldMapper.java
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeLongValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseNumberField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyLongFieldMapper extends LegacyNumberFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "long";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyNumberFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyNumberFieldMapper.java
index f377883aa24..20f248fdb5a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyNumberFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyNumberFieldMapper.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.DocValueFormat;
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class LegacyNumberFieldMapper extends FieldMapper {
     // this is private since it has a different default
     private static final Setting<Boolean> COERCE_SETTING =
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyShortFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyShortFieldMapper.java
index de068b53e95..c15f149eb66 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyShortFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyShortFieldMapper.java
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeShortValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseNumberField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyShortFieldMapper extends LegacyNumberFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "short";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperException.java
index 0241f1c8e45..0a381de9f01 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MapperException extends ElasticsearchException {
     public MapperException(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperParsingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperParsingException.java
index df886c5ce9d..9769c58f4ec 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperParsingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperParsingException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MapperParsingException extends MapperException {
 
     public MapperParsingException(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java
index 7104c519f51..3e5262f12fa 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.collect.MapBuilder.newMapBuilder;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MapperService extends AbstractIndexComponent {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ObjectMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ObjectMapper.java
index e843e7170d8..60c264e5706 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ObjectMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ObjectMapper.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.lenientNodeBooleanValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ObjectMapper extends Mapper implements Cloneable {
 
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "object";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RootObjectMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RootObjectMapper.java
index bf343a6e0aa..0ae7ce33581 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RootObjectMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RootObjectMapper.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeBooleanValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.TypeParsers.parseDateTimeFormatter;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RootObjectMapper extends ObjectMapper {
 
     public static class Defaults {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RoutingFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RoutingFieldMapper.java
index aa3e78b8ee0..14978bc6728 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RoutingFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RoutingFieldMapper.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.lenientNodeBooleanValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RoutingFieldMapper extends MetadataFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String NAME = "_routing";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/SourceFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/SourceFieldMapper.java
index 9242f5e94c6..defe0fa8cde 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/SourceFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/SourceFieldMapper.java
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.lenientNodeBooleanValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SourceFieldMapper extends MetadataFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String NAME = "_source";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/SourceToParse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/SourceToParse.java
index 074ce8829e3..14f6e9a8587 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/SourceToParse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/SourceToParse.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SourceToParse {
 
     public static SourceToParse source(String index, String type, String id, BytesReference source) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/StrictDynamicMappingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/StrictDynamicMappingException.java
index f37ac8817ee..da1304d9b42 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/StrictDynamicMappingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/StrictDynamicMappingException.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class StrictDynamicMappingException extends MapperParsingException {
 
     public StrictDynamicMappingException(String path, String fieldName) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TypeFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TypeFieldMapper.java
index 0889fab6636..ac9aeedb365 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TypeFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TypeFieldMapper.java
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TypeFieldMapper extends MetadataFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String NAME = "_type";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TypeParsers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TypeParsers.java
index f192efc24a6..97828e2bfab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TypeParsers.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TypeParsers.java
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeIn
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeMapValue;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeStringValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TypeParsers {
 
     public static final String DOC_VALUES = "doc_values";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/Uid.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/Uid.java
index 2a8938b4ab7..69c49299e49 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/Uid.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/Uid.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class Uid {
 
     public static final char DELIMITER = '#';
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/UidFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/UidFieldMapper.java
index f27fa30b91c..ee6d76c2480 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/UidFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/UidFieldMapper.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UidFieldMapper extends MetadataFieldMapper {
 
     public static final String NAME = "_uid";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/merge/MergeStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/merge/MergeStats.java
index ee8c08f00d0..845b035623d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/merge/MergeStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/merge/MergeStats.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MergeStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     private long total;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/support/QueryParsers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/support/QueryParsers.java
index a500393c160..56cea478a2c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/support/QueryParsers.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/support/QueryParsers.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseFieldMatcher;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class QueryParsers {
 
     public static final ParseField CONSTANT_SCORE = new ParseField("constant_score", "constant_score_auto", "constant_score_filter");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/geo/GeoPolygonQuery.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/geo/GeoPolygonQuery.java
index c3a52cb114e..bb39d752c0e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/geo/GeoPolygonQuery.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/geo/GeoPolygonQuery.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.MultiGeoPointValues;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GeoPolygonQuery extends Query {
 
     private final GeoPoint[] points;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/SearchStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/SearchStats.java
index d514571d0e2..3959a697fd0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/SearchStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/SearchStats.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SearchStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     public static class Stats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/ShardSearchStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/ShardSearchStats.java
index 68a2a30a2e9..716667dbb4d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/ShardSearchStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/ShardSearchStats.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 
-/**
- */
 public final class ShardSearchStats implements SearchOperationListener {
 
     private final StatsHolder totalStats = new StatsHolder();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPoint.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPoint.java
index 9082fc072da..8291298a54d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPoint.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPoint.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CommitPoint {
 
     public static final CommitPoint NULL = new CommitPoint(-1, "_null_", Type.GENERATED, Collections.<CommitPoint.FileInfo>emptyList(), Collections.<CommitPoint.FileInfo>emptyList());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPoints.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPoints.java
index 2a5b3506028..e3b6817f13d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPoints.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPoints.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CommitPoints implements Iterable<CommitPoint> {
 
     private final List<CommitPoint> commitPoints;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/DocsStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/DocsStats.java
index bfb95b426b1..f8132d557bb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/DocsStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/DocsStats.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DocsStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     long count = 0;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IllegalIndexShardStateException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IllegalIndexShardStateException.java
index e632c0669f6..1260a3829d4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IllegalIndexShardStateException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IllegalIndexShardStateException.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IllegalIndexShardStateException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     private final IndexShardState currentState;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardClosedException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardClosedException.java
index f4e0fb53851..11d9804b100 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardClosedException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardClosedException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexShardClosedException extends IllegalIndexShardStateException {
     public IndexShardClosedException(ShardId shardId) {
         super(shardId, IndexShardState.CLOSED, "Closed");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardComponent.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardComponent.java
index a1665a7d5c1..154b9addab3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardComponent.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardComponent.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.shard;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface IndexShardComponent {
 
     ShardId shardId();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardNotRecoveringException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardNotRecoveringException.java
index 0e05576f577..7adde5d12c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardNotRecoveringException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardNotRecoveringException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexShardNotRecoveringException extends IllegalIndexShardStateException {
 
     public IndexShardNotRecoveringException(ShardId shardId, IndexShardState currentState) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardNotStartedException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardNotStartedException.java
index ecf62bc6195..ec2fd6b3be5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardNotStartedException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardNotStartedException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexShardNotStartedException extends IllegalIndexShardStateException {
 
     public IndexShardNotStartedException(ShardId shardId, IndexShardState currentState) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRecoveringException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRecoveringException.java
index 6c27e4d93e9..93074d41232 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRecoveringException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRecoveringException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexShardRecoveringException extends IllegalIndexShardStateException {
 
     public IndexShardRecoveringException(ShardId shardId) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRecoveryException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRecoveryException.java
index 8ed3c95f92a..4e147498800 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRecoveryException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRecoveryException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexShardRecoveryException extends ElasticsearchException {
     public IndexShardRecoveryException(ShardId shardId, String msg, Throwable cause) {
         super(msg, cause);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRelocatedException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRelocatedException.java
index 043ad892777..bafa14f2e58 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRelocatedException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardRelocatedException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexShardRelocatedException extends IllegalIndexShardStateException {
 
     public IndexShardRelocatedException(ShardId shardId) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardStartedException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardStartedException.java
index 05e7cdf8983..d2cff03c846 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardStartedException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardStartedException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexShardStartedException extends IllegalIndexShardStateException {
 
     public IndexShardStartedException(ShardId shardId) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardState.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardState.java
index fa4122cabba..d3c6de7136c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardState.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardState.java
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.index.shard;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum IndexShardState {
     CREATED((byte) 0),
     RECOVERING((byte) 1),
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexingStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexingStats.java
index 97f9dd2b92f..ba7eafc1a67 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexingStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexingStats.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexingStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     public static class Stats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/LocalShardSnapshot.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/LocalShardSnapshot.java
index 7b79f785ff3..d576f4d2ab5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/LocalShardSnapshot.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/LocalShardSnapshot.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
-/**
- */
 final class LocalShardSnapshot implements Closeable {
     private final IndexShard shard;
     private final Store store;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardNotFoundException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardNotFoundException.java
index aa46240fd49..01b78878598 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardNotFoundException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardNotFoundException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ShardNotFoundException extends ResourceNotFoundException {
     public ShardNotFoundException(ShardId shardId) {
         this(shardId, null);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardStateMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardStateMetaData.java
index 407f271fd65..5f94856a9ca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardStateMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardStateMetaData.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
-/**
- */
 public final class ShardStateMetaData {
 
     private static final String SHARD_STATE_FILE_PREFIX = "state-";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/SnapshotStatus.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/SnapshotStatus.java
index a72cfc48b65..c7d1938cd6d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/SnapshotStatus.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/SnapshotStatus.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.shard;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SnapshotStatus {
 
     public static enum Stage {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DirectoryService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DirectoryService.java
index 90f9ed92712..343c0a11f05 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DirectoryService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DirectoryService.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class DirectoryService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
 
     protected DirectoryService(ShardId shardId, IndexSettings indexSettings) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/FsDirectoryService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/FsDirectoryService.java
index 69eedd7ef19..1fffabdd152 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/FsDirectoryService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/FsDirectoryService.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FsDirectoryService extends DirectoryService implements StoreRateLimiting.Listener, StoreRateLimiting.Provider {
 
     protected final IndexStore indexStore;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreFileMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreFileMetaData.java
index 2653f01c81d..c284ad8313c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreFileMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreFileMetaData.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StoreFileMetaData implements Writeable {
 
     public static final Version FIRST_LUCENE_CHECKSUM_VERSION = Version.LUCENE_5_0_0;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreStats.java
index d777d7b7830..5b9406f427c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreStats.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class StoreStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     private long sizeInBytes;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Checkpoint.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Checkpoint.java
index d4eb9807827..65d11e54612 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Checkpoint.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Checkpoint.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.file.OpenOption;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
-/**
- */
 class Checkpoint {
 
     final long offset;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/TranslogException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/TranslogException.java
index 2ebf279588e..7f693a584d9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/TranslogException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/TranslogException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TranslogException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public TranslogException(ShardId shardId, String msg) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/TranslogStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/TranslogStats.java
index 263a658c08d..e60fd2086b9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/TranslogStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/TranslogStats.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TranslogStats extends ToXContentToBytes implements Streamable {
 
     private long translogSizeInBytes;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/AliasFilterParsingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/AliasFilterParsingException.java
index 52e801a4cb2..21b944c65fa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/AliasFilterParsingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/AliasFilterParsingException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AliasFilterParsingException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public AliasFilterParsingException(Index index, String name, String desc, Throwable ex) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexAlreadyExistsException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexAlreadyExistsException.java
index f64addfd2f1..68c1e518650 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexAlreadyExistsException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexAlreadyExistsException.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexAlreadyExistsException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public IndexAlreadyExistsException(Index index) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexCreationException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexCreationException.java
index 1248d73b81e..da823abf537 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexCreationException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexCreationException.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexCreationException extends ElasticsearchException implements ElasticsearchWrapperException {
 
     public IndexCreationException(String index, Throwable cause) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexTemplateAlreadyExistsException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexTemplateAlreadyExistsException.java
index 3b665e051e0..920d2ea51b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexTemplateAlreadyExistsException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexTemplateAlreadyExistsException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexTemplateAlreadyExistsException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexTemplateMissingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexTemplateMissingException.java
index db3b232d0e3..83fc2623390 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexTemplateMissingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndexTemplateMissingException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexTemplateMissingException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidAliasNameException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidAliasNameException.java
index 4e2c443ff4a..bea40f96d65 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidAliasNameException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidAliasNameException.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InvalidAliasNameException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public InvalidAliasNameException(Index index, String name, String desc) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidIndexNameException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidIndexNameException.java
index 34dd327c91a..3770398864f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidIndexNameException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidIndexNameException.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InvalidIndexNameException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public InvalidIndexNameException(String name, String desc) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidIndexTemplateException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidIndexTemplateException.java
index e3ed97415ef..38b5889aea8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidIndexTemplateException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidIndexTemplateException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InvalidIndexTemplateException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     private final String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidTypeNameException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidTypeNameException.java
index 2279860d80c..05030b52ba4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidTypeNameException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InvalidTypeNameException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InvalidTypeNameException extends MapperException {
 
     public InvalidTypeNameException(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/TypeMissingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/TypeMissingException.java
index 5ab9744933b..d7a4820db3f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/TypeMissingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/TypeMissingException.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TypeMissingException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public TypeMissingException(Index index, String... types) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzers.java
index 23ef9bdcd3f..6c4a3cc2578 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzers.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzers.java
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.PreBuiltCacheFactory.CachingStrategy;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum PreBuiltAnalyzers {
 
     STANDARD(CachingStrategy.ELASTICSEARCH) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltCacheFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltCacheFactory.java
index ddda8a08745..823152e6d9e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltCacheFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltCacheFactory.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PreBuiltCacheFactory {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltCharFilters.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltCharFilters.java
index dcf6c295303..063763006a0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltCharFilters.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltCharFilters.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.PreBuiltCacheFactory.CachingStrategy;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum PreBuiltCharFilters {
 
     HTML_STRIP(CachingStrategy.ONE) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltTokenFilters.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltTokenFilters.java
index a31f60fc5bd..e1189e3197d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltTokenFilters.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltTokenFilters.java
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ import org.tartarus.snowball.ext.FrenchStemmer;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum PreBuiltTokenFilters {
 
     WORD_DELIMITER(CachingStrategy.ONE) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltTokenizers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltTokenizers.java
index 424b5e4534f..ce623953030 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltTokenizers.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/PreBuiltTokenizers.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.PreBuiltCacheFactory.CachingStrategy;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum PreBuiltTokenizers {
 
     STANDARD(CachingStrategy.LUCENE) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverFilesRecoveryException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverFilesRecoveryException.java
index d2e07bd9e4c..c47b28f8d56 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverFilesRecoveryException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverFilesRecoveryException.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RecoverFilesRecoveryException extends ElasticsearchException implements ElasticsearchWrapperException {
 
     private final int numberOfFiles;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryCleanFilesRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryCleanFilesRequest.java
index c040c25736a..4216ea049b4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryCleanFilesRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryCleanFilesRequest.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RecoveryCleanFilesRequest extends TransportRequest {
 
     private long recoveryId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFailedException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFailedException.java
index 3c3d96a4f9b..9b7f31c7e55 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFailedException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFailedException.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RecoveryFailedException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public RecoveryFailedException(StartRecoveryRequest request, Throwable cause) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFileChunkRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFileChunkRequest.java
index 49cdb737ed3..196e2cdf76b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFileChunkRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFileChunkRequest.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class RecoveryFileChunkRequest extends TransportRequest {
     private boolean lastChunk;
     private long recoveryId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFilesInfoRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFilesInfoRequest.java
index d9a2a19f49f..2143127c234 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFilesInfoRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFilesInfoRequest.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RecoveryFilesInfoRequest extends TransportRequest {
 
     private long recoveryId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFinalizeRecoveryRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFinalizeRecoveryRequest.java
index e8d5c0f299f..dca50f3f816 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFinalizeRecoveryRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryFinalizeRecoveryRequest.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RecoveryFinalizeRecoveryRequest extends TransportRequest {
 
     private long recoveryId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest.java
index 171102d07ea..94425f62799 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest extends TransportRequest {
 
     private long maxUnsafeAutoIdTimestamp = IndexRequest.UNSET_AUTO_GENERATED_TIMESTAMP;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryResponse.java
index 7ec59a76ed8..9018f6f0be1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryResponse.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 class RecoveryResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     List<String> phase1FileNames = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTranslogOperationsRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTranslogOperationsRequest.java
index 5cc294ace6e..46494626920 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTranslogOperationsRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTranslogOperationsRequest.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RecoveryTranslogOperationsRequest extends TransportRequest {
 
     private long recoveryId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/StartRecoveryRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/StartRecoveryRequest.java
index 9aa56fd8cb0..bc8a73b5622 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/StartRecoveryRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/StartRecoveryRequest.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StartRecoveryRequest extends TransportRequest {
 
     private long recoveryId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStore.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStore.java
index 372951bdfd5..d1520d15027 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStore.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStore.java
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndicesStore extends AbstractComponent implements ClusterStateListener, Closeable {
 
     // TODO this class can be foled into either IndicesService and partially into IndicesClusterStateService there is no need for a separate public service
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.java
index 341b0e57858..707df5feb1e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.java
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData extends TransportNodesAction<TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.Request,
     TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.NodesStoreFilesMetaData,
     TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.NodeRequest,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/DeadlockAnalyzer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/DeadlockAnalyzer.java
index 02f665a3464..1d4234d689e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/DeadlockAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/DeadlockAnalyzer.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableSet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DeadlockAnalyzer {
 
     private static final Deadlock NULL_RESULT[] = new Deadlock[0];
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/GcNames.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/GcNames.java
index 488e7a7274f..9f6a2d3f2e7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/GcNames.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/GcNames.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.monitor.jvm;
 
-/**
- */
 public class GcNames {
 
     public static final String YOUNG = "young";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/HotThreads.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/HotThreads.java
index 181b94f13db..1714d00abb2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/HotThreads.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/HotThreads.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- */
 public class HotThreads {
 
     private static final Object mutex = new Object();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/JvmService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/JvmService.java
index f0d71db6992..f9d9fd80be0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/JvmService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/jvm/JvmService.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting.Property;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class JvmService extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private final JvmInfo jvmInfo;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/process/ProcessService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/process/ProcessService.java
index 99593003b34..1cae0602ff2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/process/ProcessService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/process/ProcessService.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.SingleObjectCache;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class ProcessService extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private final ProcessProbe probe;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPreparer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPreparer.java
index dba7f303130..8fb86ebdac0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPreparer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPreparer.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.Strings.cleanPath;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InternalSettingsPreparer {
 
     private static final String[] ALLOWED_SUFFIXES = {".yml", ".yaml", ".json"};
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/service/NodeService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/service/NodeService.java
index 39e151c886f..cf1f70590c5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/service/NodeService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/service/NodeService.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodeService extends AbstractComponent implements Closeable {
 
     private final ThreadPool threadPool;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginsService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginsService.java
index 03139e565ed..d14890c7d17 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginsService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginsService.java
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.io.FileSystemUtils.isAccessibleDirectory;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PluginsService extends AbstractComponent {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/VerificationFailure.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/VerificationFailure.java
index b9cc46e850c..14eb27ec70e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/VerificationFailure.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/VerificationFailure.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Streamable;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class VerificationFailure implements Streamable {
 
     private String nodeId;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestController.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestController.java
index 6a3a399705c..483d8986ab1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestController.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestController.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestController extends AbstractLifecycleComponent {
     private final PathTrie<RestHandler> getHandlers = new PathTrie<>(RestUtils.REST_DECODER);
     private final PathTrie<RestHandler> postHandlers = new PathTrie<>(RestUtils.REST_DECODER);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestResponse.java
index 7946785bc97..7e031f8d004 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestResponse.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class RestResponse {
 
     protected Map<String, List<String>> customHeaders;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/AcknowledgedRestListener.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/AcknowledgedRestListener.java
index 203c2eafc77..e12329f93a3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/AcknowledgedRestListener.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/AcknowledgedRestListener.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AcknowledgedRestListener<T extends AcknowledgedResponse> extends RestBuilderListener<T> {
 
     public AcknowledgedRestListener(RestChannel channel) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/RestActions.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/RestActions.java
index bb72e3e2249..c5a3799a88d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/RestActions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/RestActions.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestActions {
 
     public static long parseVersion(RestRequest request) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterRerouteAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterRerouteAction.java
index bd86f41ac2c..d5815b3b31c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterRerouteAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterRerouteAction.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RestClusterRerouteAction extends BaseRestHandler {
     private static final ObjectParser<ClusterRerouteRequest, ParseContext> PARSER = new ObjectParser<>("cluster_reroute");
     static {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterStatsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterStatsAction.java
index ad0ead8b28b..d1c7346eb0e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterStatsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestClusterStatsAction.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestActions.NodesResponseRestListener;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestClusterStatsAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestNodesHotThreadsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestNodesHotThreadsAction.java
index 363a89111f6..3cfb80a46f0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestNodesHotThreadsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestNodesHotThreadsAction.java
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestResponseListener;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 
-/**
- */
 public class RestNodesHotThreadsAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/AliasesNotFoundException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/AliasesNotFoundException.java
index 0b60a5c249c..bb55a0e1a07 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/AliasesNotFoundException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/AliasesNotFoundException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AliasesNotFoundException extends ResourceNotFoundException {
 
     public AliasesNotFoundException(String... names) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestFlushAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestFlushAction.java
index ac58dc1f6e3..efab741a227 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestFlushAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestFlushAction.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestActions.buildBroadcastShardsHeader;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestFlushAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestForceMergeAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestForceMergeAction.java
index d253b02bbd8..75e54a2b60f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestForceMergeAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestForceMergeAction.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestActions.buildBroadcastShardsHeader;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestForceMergeAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestGetAliasesAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestGetAliasesAction.java
index e7408757890..531f36aa4b3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestGetAliasesAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestGetAliasesAction.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.GET;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RestGetAliasesAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestGetMappingAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestGetMappingAction.java
index 2bb3ae8170b..abe2e529b8d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestGetMappingAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestGetMappingAction.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.GET;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestGetMappingAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestIndexDeleteAliasesAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestIndexDeleteAliasesAction.java
index ea6d1fca647..d169ce42825 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestIndexDeleteAliasesAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestIndexDeleteAliasesAction.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.DELETE;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RestIndexDeleteAliasesAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestOpenIndexAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestOpenIndexAction.java
index e606f39dfe2..23331c7d4a6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestOpenIndexAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestOpenIndexAction.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.AcknowledgedRestListener;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestOpenIndexAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestPutMappingAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestPutMappingAction.java
index 7d3b9ba479e..0fa394e6f3d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestPutMappingAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestPutMappingAction.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.client.Requests.putMappingRequest;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.PUT;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestPutMappingAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestRolloverIndexAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestRolloverIndexAction.java
index cecfb31916d..7c68fea4357 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestRolloverIndexAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestRolloverIndexAction.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestRolloverIndexAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestSyncedFlushAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestSyncedFlushAction.java
index 194bf0f2f83..f645c32be71 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestSyncedFlushAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestSyncedFlushAction.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.GET;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestSyncedFlushAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestUpdateSettingsAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestUpdateSettingsAction.java
index 7ebbe1205e5..4ba011e698e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestUpdateSettingsAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestUpdateSettingsAction.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableSet;
 import static org.elasticsearch.client.Requests.updateSettingsRequest;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.util.set.Sets.newHashSet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestUpdateSettingsAction extends BaseRestHandler {
     private static final Set<String> VALUES_TO_EXCLUDE = unmodifiableSet(newHashSet(
             "pretty",
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestDeleteAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestDeleteAction.java
index 6478b799664..80e4efa4ecb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestDeleteAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestDeleteAction.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.DELETE;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestDeleteAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     @Inject
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestUpdateAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestUpdateAction.java
index 5cd7336a0f3..e0211ccec2f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestUpdateAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/document/RestUpdateAction.java
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RestUpdateAction extends BaseRestHandler {
     private static final DeprecationLogger DEPRECATION_LOGGER =
         new DeprecationLogger(Loggers.getLogger(RestUpdateAction.class));
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestMultiSearchAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestMultiSearchAction.java
index 8117024f173..f55758c4e90 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestMultiSearchAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestMultiSearchAction.java
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues.nodeSt
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.GET;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RestMultiSearchAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     private final boolean allowExplicitIndex;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestSearchAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestSearchAction.java
index 6980bf3ed3c..c68f2802e83 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestSearchAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestSearchAction.java
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.GET;
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.SuggestBuilders.termSuggestion;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RestSearchAction extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     private final SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/ScriptEngineService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/ScriptEngineService.java
index 55a931d8d57..1760dbaa3ad 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/ScriptEngineService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/ScriptEngineService.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.lookup.SearchLookup;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface ScriptEngineService extends Closeable {
 
     String getType();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchContextException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchContextException.java
index 2dc25a50373..8f1ebb80139 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchContextException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchContextException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchContextException extends SearchException {
 
     public SearchContextException(SearchContext context, String msg) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchContextMissingException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchContextMissingException.java
index d2f30e72c3a..9e8d41e2ae2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchContextMissingException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchContextMissingException.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchContextMissingException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     private final long id;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchException.java
index 535f8acd446..2633378511e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchException.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchException extends ElasticsearchException implements ElasticsearchWrapperException {
 
     private final SearchShardTarget shardTarget;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchParseException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchParseException.java
index c0a9a370270..223225af2a6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchParseException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchParseException.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchParseException extends SearchContextException {
 
     public static final int UNKNOWN_POSITION = -1;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchPhaseResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchPhaseResult.java
index 067761b9b71..003f37616f5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchPhaseResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchPhaseResult.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.search;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Streamable;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface SearchPhaseResult extends Streamable {
 
     long id();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/AggregatorFactories.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/AggregatorFactories.java
index 616b0091fe8..a18395d5e66 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/AggregatorFactories.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/AggregatorFactories.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AggregatorFactories {
 
     public static final AggregatorFactories EMPTY = new AggregatorFactories(null, new AggregatorFactory<?>[0],
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/HasAggregations.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/HasAggregations.java
index 46020b050bc..53302f04905 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/HasAggregations.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/HasAggregations.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface HasAggregations {
 
     Aggregations getAggregations();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BucketsAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BucketsAggregator.java
index ab655497c4c..ca355320408 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BucketsAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BucketsAggregator.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class BucketsAggregator extends AggregatorBase {
 
     private final BigArrays bigArrays;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/filters/FiltersAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/filters/FiltersAggregator.java
index 08bbdaf3e3b..2c91b62a84d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/filters/FiltersAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/filters/FiltersAggregator.java
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FiltersAggregator extends BucketsAggregator {
 
     public static final ParseField FILTERS_FIELD = new ParseField("filters");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/global/GlobalAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/global/GlobalAggregator.java
index 6e4980ede27..bc5057eee14 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/global/GlobalAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/global/GlobalAggregator.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GlobalAggregator extends SingleBucketAggregator {
 
     public GlobalAggregator(String name, AggregatorFactories subFactories, AggregationContext aggregationContext, List<PipelineAggregator> pipelineAggregators,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/missing/MissingAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/missing/MissingAggregator.java
index e80be56f341..013c25cfc88 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/missing/MissingAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/missing/MissingAggregator.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MissingAggregator extends SingleBucketAggregator {
 
     private final ValuesSource valuesSource;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/ReverseNestedAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/ReverseNestedAggregator.java
index d45f103ed5e..7e88e38b7f2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/ReverseNestedAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/ReverseNestedAggregator.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ReverseNestedAggregator extends SingleBucketAggregator {
 
     static final ParseField PATH_FIELD = new ParseField("path");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/InternalRange.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/InternalRange.java
index 54ee27bfa96..c35956e2dcf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/InternalRange.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/InternalRange.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InternalRange<B extends InternalRange.Bucket, R extends InternalRange<B, R>> extends InternalMultiBucketAggregation<R, B>
         implements Range {
     static final Factory FACTORY = new Factory();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/RangeAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/RangeAggregator.java
index e35e4af9e78..3ca79c82e72 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/RangeAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/RangeAggregator.java
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RangeAggregator extends BucketsAggregator {
 
     public static final ParseField RANGES_FIELD = new ParseField("ranges");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/RangeParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/RangeParser.java
index c8cb2c76715..51c732e9523 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/RangeParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/RangeParser.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RangeParser extends NumericValuesSourceParser {
 
     public RangeParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/date/DateRangeParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/date/DateRangeParser.java
index f8eff715abb..9277a2d6a3d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/date/DateRangeParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/date/DateRangeParser.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DateRangeParser extends RangeParser {
 
     public DateRangeParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/date/InternalDateRange.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/date/InternalDateRange.java
index f0dfec2312f..f7b55ab9916 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/date/InternalDateRange.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/date/InternalDateRange.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InternalDateRange extends InternalRange<InternalDateRange.Bucket, InternalDateRange> {
     public static final Factory FACTORY = new Factory();
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/geodistance/GeoDistanceParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/geodistance/GeoDistanceParser.java
index 677731d64ef..d43c2218018 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/geodistance/GeoDistanceParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/geodistance/GeoDistanceParser.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GeoDistanceParser extends GeoPointValuesSourceParser {
 
     static final ParseField ORIGIN_FIELD = new ParseField("origin", "center", "point", "por");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/geodistance/InternalGeoDistance.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/geodistance/InternalGeoDistance.java
index c3dbd842e6d..86fc0372982 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/geodistance/InternalGeoDistance.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/range/geodistance/InternalGeoDistance.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InternalGeoDistance extends InternalRange<InternalGeoDistance.Bucket, InternalGeoDistance> {
     public static final Factory FACTORY = new Factory();
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/sampler/DiversifiedSamplerParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/sampler/DiversifiedSamplerParser.java
index a62035d7234..49f941b36b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/sampler/DiversifiedSamplerParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/sampler/DiversifiedSamplerParser.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DiversifiedSamplerParser extends AnyValuesSourceParser {
     public DiversifiedSamplerParser() {
         super(true, false);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantLongTermsAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantLongTermsAggregator.java
index 4de8f795401..7d15c8ea1ef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantLongTermsAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantLongTermsAggregator.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SignificantLongTermsAggregator extends LongTermsAggregator {
 
     public SignificantLongTermsAggregator(String name, AggregatorFactories factories, ValuesSource.Numeric valuesSource,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantTermsAggregationBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantTermsAggregationBuilder.java
index 46f5d881fa1..1cf422ae50a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantTermsAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantTermsAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SignificantTermsAggregationBuilder extends ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<ValuesSource, SignificantTermsAggregationBuilder> {
     public static final String NAME = "significant_terms";
     public static final InternalAggregation.Type TYPE = new Type(NAME);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantTermsParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantTermsParser.java
index 0f08cf0a0a3..5f40fe73546 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantTermsParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/significant/SignificantTermsParser.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SignificantTermsParser extends AbstractTermsParser {
     private final ParseFieldRegistry<SignificanceHeuristicParser> significanceHeuristicParserRegistry;
     private final IndicesQueriesRegistry queriesRegistry;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/DoubleTermsAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/DoubleTermsAggregator.java
index b2b57f9d060..fe3d0dbbf38 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/DoubleTermsAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/DoubleTermsAggregator.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DoubleTermsAggregator extends LongTermsAggregator {
 
     public DoubleTermsAggregator(String name, AggregatorFactories factories, ValuesSource.Numeric valuesSource, DocValueFormat format,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/InternalOrder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/InternalOrder.java
index f3f87c09dca..e904c667906 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/InternalOrder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/InternalOrder.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 class InternalOrder extends Terms.Order {
 
     private static final byte COUNT_DESC_ID = 1;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/LongTermsAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/LongTermsAggregator.java
index fd7296d07d9..cbb2ef6378c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/LongTermsAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/LongTermsAggregator.java
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LongTermsAggregator extends TermsAggregator {
 
     protected final ValuesSource.Numeric valuesSource;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/TermsParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/TermsParser.java
index bf8b06ab65a..50869a4709c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/TermsParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/TermsParser.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TermsParser extends AbstractTermsParser {
     @Override
     protected TermsAggregationBuilder doCreateFactory(String aggregationName, ValuesSourceType valuesSourceType,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/InternalNumericMetricsAggregation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/InternalNumericMetricsAggregation.java
index 901c52a232d..9f591c7d425 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/InternalNumericMetricsAggregation.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/InternalNumericMetricsAggregation.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class InternalNumericMetricsAggregation extends InternalMetricsAggregation {
 
     private static final DocValueFormat DEFAULT_FORMAT = DocValueFormat.RAW;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/NumericMetricsAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/NumericMetricsAggregator.java
index 3ffd7f79750..9b4fc0b256e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/NumericMetricsAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/NumericMetricsAggregator.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class NumericMetricsAggregator extends MetricsAggregator {
 
     private NumericMetricsAggregator(String name, AggregationContext context, Aggregator parent,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/avg/AvgAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/avg/AvgAggregator.java
index eb0fc42f9c2..b33689b9298 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/avg/AvgAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/avg/AvgAggregator.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AvgAggregator extends NumericMetricsAggregator.SingleValue {
 
     final ValuesSource.Numeric valuesSource;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/avg/AvgParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/avg/AvgParser.java
index bc6f762295c..49c9e1bb3a0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/avg/AvgParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/avg/AvgParser.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AvgParser extends NumericValuesSourceParser {
 
     public AvgParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/max/MaxAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/max/MaxAggregator.java
index 73504f9a8f4..bbd6bf70bc3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/max/MaxAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/max/MaxAggregator.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MaxAggregator extends NumericMetricsAggregator.SingleValue {
 
     final ValuesSource.Numeric valuesSource;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/max/MaxParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/max/MaxParser.java
index f0290e93fa9..355b602b82c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/max/MaxParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/max/MaxParser.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MaxParser extends NumericValuesSourceParser {
 
     public MaxParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/min/MinAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/min/MinAggregator.java
index a32379b7d10..ba28efbf97d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/min/MinAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/min/MinAggregator.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MinAggregator extends NumericMetricsAggregator.SingleValue {
 
     final ValuesSource.Numeric valuesSource;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/min/MinParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/min/MinParser.java
index 4381ca41899..13dd61f44b6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/min/MinParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/min/MinParser.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MinParser extends NumericValuesSourceParser {
 
     public MinParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/PercentileRanksParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/PercentileRanksParser.java
index 313b8e7b7c0..7a057cfa962 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/PercentileRanksParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/PercentileRanksParser.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSource.Numeric;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PercentileRanksParser extends AbstractPercentilesParser {
 
     public static final ParseField VALUES_FIELD = new ParseField("values");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/PercentilesParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/PercentilesParser.java
index 806fb26cd3f..237c66f28ce 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/PercentilesParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/PercentilesParser.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSource.Numeric;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PercentilesParser extends AbstractPercentilesParser {
 
     public static final ParseField PERCENTS_FIELD = new ParseField("percents");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/hdr/HDRPercentileRanksAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/hdr/HDRPercentileRanksAggregator.java
index faa6039f56c..eaebf833596 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/hdr/HDRPercentileRanksAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/hdr/HDRPercentileRanksAggregator.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class HDRPercentileRanksAggregator extends AbstractHDRPercentilesAggregator {
 
     public HDRPercentileRanksAggregator(String name, Numeric valuesSource, AggregationContext context, Aggregator parent,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/hdr/HDRPercentilesAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/hdr/HDRPercentilesAggregator.java
index 0b9c2c43d34..f197b533e55 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/hdr/HDRPercentilesAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/hdr/HDRPercentilesAggregator.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class HDRPercentilesAggregator extends AbstractHDRPercentilesAggregator {
 
     public HDRPercentilesAggregator(String name, Numeric valuesSource, AggregationContext context, Aggregator parent, double[] percents,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/tdigest/TDigestPercentileRanksAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/tdigest/TDigestPercentileRanksAggregator.java
index 1151e2272a4..34bb4e26d55 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/tdigest/TDigestPercentileRanksAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/tdigest/TDigestPercentileRanksAggregator.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TDigestPercentileRanksAggregator extends AbstractTDigestPercentilesAggregator {
 
     public TDigestPercentileRanksAggregator(String name, Numeric valuesSource, AggregationContext context, Aggregator parent, double[] percents,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/tdigest/TDigestPercentilesAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/tdigest/TDigestPercentilesAggregator.java
index c0063102e07..40478a20d43 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/tdigest/TDigestPercentilesAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/percentiles/tdigest/TDigestPercentilesAggregator.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TDigestPercentilesAggregator extends AbstractTDigestPercentilesAggregator {
 
     public TDigestPercentilesAggregator(String name, Numeric valuesSource, AggregationContext context,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/StatsAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/StatsAggregator.java
index 374cbcaf0e6..59d205b0522 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/StatsAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/StatsAggregator.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StatsAggregator extends NumericMetricsAggregator.MultiValue {
 
     final ValuesSource.Numeric valuesSource;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/StatsParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/StatsParser.java
index 60e3d2ef0aa..bca81226125 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/StatsParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/StatsParser.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StatsParser extends NumericValuesSourceParser {
 
     public StatsParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/extended/ExtendedStatsAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/extended/ExtendedStatsAggregator.java
index 7715d4b713e..52b08185ba5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/extended/ExtendedStatsAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/extended/ExtendedStatsAggregator.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ExtendedStatsAggregator extends NumericMetricsAggregator.MultiValue {
 
     public static final ParseField SIGMA_FIELD = new ParseField("sigma");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/extended/ExtendedStatsParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/extended/ExtendedStatsParser.java
index 9644d26e93a..3e61d2ccab6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/extended/ExtendedStatsParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/stats/extended/ExtendedStatsParser.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ExtendedStatsParser extends NumericValuesSourceParser {
 
     public ExtendedStatsParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/sum/SumAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/sum/SumAggregator.java
index 0d6b5de4a80..4dcaa808213 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/sum/SumAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/sum/SumAggregator.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SumAggregator extends NumericMetricsAggregator.SingleValue {
 
     final ValuesSource.Numeric valuesSource;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/sum/SumParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/sum/SumParser.java
index ee82829b0a7..ac2ec65b01e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/sum/SumParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/sum/SumParser.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SumParser extends NumericValuesSourceParser {
 
     public SumParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsAggregator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsAggregator.java
index 07292f1d29f..cd06ea7a3dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsAggregator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/tophits/TopHitsAggregator.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TopHitsAggregator extends MetricsAggregator {
 
     /** Simple wrapper around a top-level collector and the current leaf collector. */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/valuecount/ValueCountParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/valuecount/ValueCountParser.java
index bd61e276fec..50505ef8f5f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/valuecount/ValueCountParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/valuecount/ValueCountParser.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceType;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ValueCountParser extends AnyValuesSourceParser {
 
     public ValueCountParser() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/AbstractValuesSourceParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/AbstractValuesSourceParser.java
index 57eea9ccf65..e2fd8451ae6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/AbstractValuesSourceParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/AbstractValuesSourceParser.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractValuesSourceParser<VS extends ValuesSource>
         implements Aggregator.Parser {
     static final ParseField TIME_ZONE = new ParseField("time_zone");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/GeoPointParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/GeoPointParser.java
index fd2f3636d17..5d26cc1b359 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/GeoPointParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/GeoPointParser.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.InternalAggregation;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GeoPointParser {
 
     private final InternalAggregation.Type aggType;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValueType.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValueType.java
index 9e0bf350beb..7bcfce5a2f7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValueType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValueType.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public enum ValueType implements Writeable {
 
     STRING((byte) 1, "string", "string", ValuesSourceType.BYTES,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.java
index 8f128181f3a..f539a2a3b7f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<VS extends ValuesSource, AB extends ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<VS, AB>>
         extends AbstractAggregationBuilder<AB> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValuesSourceConfig.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValuesSourceConfig.java
index cb6f76037cf..b16f633f416 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValuesSourceConfig.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/ValuesSourceConfig.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.script.SearchScript;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.DocValueFormat;
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ValuesSourceConfig<VS extends ValuesSource> {
 
     private final ValuesSourceType valueSourceType;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderException.java
index 1c764e28346..9235a6359ff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchSourceBuilderException extends ElasticsearchException {
 
     public SearchSourceBuilderException(String msg) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsPhaseExecutionException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsPhaseExecutionException.java
index a6020b4498a..f5bcd5980a4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsPhaseExecutionException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsPhaseExecutionException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DfsPhaseExecutionException extends SearchContextException {
 
     public DfsPhaseExecutionException(SearchContext context, String msg, Throwable t) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsSearchResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsSearchResult.java
index 6e93e410587..9a5412ffbd3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsSearchResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsSearchResult.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportResponse;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DfsSearchResult extends TransportResponse implements SearchPhaseResult {
 
     private static final Term[] EMPTY_TERMS = new Term[0];
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchPhaseExecutionException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchPhaseExecutionException.java
index 1f56ac87142..20d88687b0f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchPhaseExecutionException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchPhaseExecutionException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FetchPhaseExecutionException extends SearchContextException {
 
     public FetchPhaseExecutionException(SearchContext context, String msg, Throwable t) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResult.java
index eac878569e1..27dda007911 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResult.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportResponse;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FetchSearchResult extends TransportResponse implements FetchSearchResultProvider {
 
     private long id;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResultProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResultProvider.java
index 5f4b8101298..4b1aff991c6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResultProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResultProvider.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.search.fetch;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchPhaseResult;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface FetchSearchResultProvider extends SearchPhaseResult {
 
     FetchSearchResult fetchResult();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/QueryFetchSearchResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/QueryFetchSearchResult.java
index f3271f933fe..b618eacdb6b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/QueryFetchSearchResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/QueryFetchSearchResult.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FetchSearchResult.readFetchSearchResult;
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.query.QuerySearchResult.readQuerySearchResult;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class QueryFetchSearchResult extends QuerySearchResultProvider implements FetchSearchResultProvider {
 
     private QuerySearchResult queryResult;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult.java
index dbaee5b64bb..e8a9af00127 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.QueryFetchSearchResult.readQueryFetchSearchResult;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult extends TransportResponse {
 
     private QueryFetchSearchResult result;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/InnerHitsContext.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/InnerHitsContext.java
index 44a6b13fd40..d3de22f7203 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/InnerHitsContext.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/InnerHitsContext.java
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- */
 public final class InnerHitsContext {
 
     private final Map<String, BaseInnerHits> innerHits;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/ScriptFieldsContext.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/ScriptFieldsContext.java
index c886a3a157f..79bacd7f938 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/ScriptFieldsContext.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/ScriptFieldsContext.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.script.SearchScript;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ScriptFieldsContext {
 
     public static class ScriptField {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/FastVectorHighlighter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/FastVectorHighlighter.java
index 873567de44e..ddafda2f5a5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/FastVectorHighlighter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/FastVectorHighlighter.java
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FastVectorHighlighter implements Highlighter {
 
     private static final SimpleBoundaryScanner DEFAULT_BOUNDARY_SCANNER = new SimpleBoundaryScanner();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlighterContext.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlighterContext.java
index 7b9526d152f..8643ccb82ea 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlighterContext.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlighterContext.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.FieldMapper;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FetchSubPhase;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class HighlighterContext {
 
     public final String fieldName;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/PlainHighlighter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/PlainHighlighter.java
index 631d716f6f7..e821b0fd9a8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/PlainHighlighter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/PlainHighlighter.java
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PlainHighlighter implements Highlighter {
 
     private static final String CACHE_KEY = "highlight-plain";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SearchContextHighlight.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SearchContextHighlight.java
index 9f2074d7412..d4731718793 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SearchContextHighlight.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SearchContextHighlight.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchContextHighlight {
 
     private final Map<String, Field> fields;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SourceScoreOrderFragmentsBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SourceScoreOrderFragmentsBuilder.java
index e46cda49290..c4ac54606cb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SourceScoreOrderFragmentsBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SourceScoreOrderFragmentsBuilder.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.lookup.SourceLookup;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SourceScoreOrderFragmentsBuilder extends ScoreOrderFragmentsBuilder {
 
     private final FieldMapper mapper;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SourceSimpleFragmentsBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SourceSimpleFragmentsBuilder.java
index 4ff52547c7d..cd37863a67e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SourceSimpleFragmentsBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/SourceSimpleFragmentsBuilder.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.lookup.SourceLookup;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SourceSimpleFragmentsBuilder extends SimpleFragmentsBuilder {
 
     private final SearchContext searchContext;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchHit.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchHit.java
index 227fe90ee63..072b34d83de 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchHit.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchHit.java
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene.writeExplanation;
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.subphase.highlight.HighlightField.readHighlightField;
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.internal.InternalSearchHitField.readSearchHitField;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InternalSearchHit implements SearchHit {
 
     private static final Object[] EMPTY_SORT_VALUES = new Object[0];
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchHitField.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchHitField.java
index 114aa4999d1..9214127ff06 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchHitField.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchHitField.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InternalSearchHitField implements SearchHitField {
 
     private String name;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchResponse.java
index 09a787ac3cb..871d176ffcd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/InternalSearchResponse.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.internal.InternalSearchHits.readSearchHits;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InternalSearchResponse implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     public static InternalSearchResponse empty() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/DocLookup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/DocLookup.java
index 3eea11a9f5c..584abdbc1d3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/DocLookup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/DocLookup.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.IndexFieldDataService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DocLookup {
 
     private final MapperService mapperService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/FieldLookup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/FieldLookup.java
index 249a23b9bfc..8224e453ff2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/FieldLookup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/FieldLookup.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FieldLookup {
 
     // we can cached fieldType completely per name, since its on an index/shard level (the lookup, and it does not change within the scope of a search request)
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/FieldsLookup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/FieldsLookup.java
index 7cd5093ba59..feefb1fcb30 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/FieldsLookup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/FieldsLookup.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FieldsLookup {
 
     private final MapperService mapperService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/LeafDocLookup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/LeafDocLookup.java
index db20a03f825..f7776f299a6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/LeafDocLookup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/LeafDocLookup.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LeafDocLookup implements Map {
 
     private final Map<String, ScriptDocValues> localCacheFieldData = new HashMap<>(4);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/LeafFieldsLookup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/LeafFieldsLookup.java
index a5f90aa2c90..374fe7189a8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/LeafFieldsLookup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/LeafFieldsLookup.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LeafFieldsLookup implements Map {
 
     private final MapperService mapperService;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SearchLookup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SearchLookup.java
index c9438fd7108..aaa2baf62ee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SearchLookup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SearchLookup.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.IndexFieldDataService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchLookup {
 
     final DocLookup docMap;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SourceLookup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SourceLookup.java
index 01610c6405f..4cc44747d0f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SourceLookup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SourceLookup.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SourceLookup implements Map {
 
     private LeafReader reader;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
index c90f1247e77..94d259ef525 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class QueryPhaseExecutionException extends SearchContextException {
 
     public QueryPhaseExecutionException(SearchContext context, String msg, Throwable cause) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchRequest.java
index 15593abf0da..3fd8ad2e84c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchRequest.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.dfs.AggregatedDfs.readAggregatedDfs;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class QuerySearchRequest extends TransportRequest implements IndicesRequest {
 
     private long id;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchResultProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchResultProvider.java
index 1ae3157fa53..cfc5ac6add6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchResultProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchResultProvider.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.search.query;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchPhaseResult;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportResponse;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class QuerySearchResultProvider extends TransportResponse implements SearchPhaseResult {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/ScrollQuerySearchResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/ScrollQuerySearchResult.java
index bcdd94adf89..9137a72acb5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/ScrollQuerySearchResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/ScrollQuerySearchResult.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.query.QuerySearchResult.readQuerySearchResult;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ScrollQuerySearchResult extends TransportResponse {
 
     private QuerySearchResult queryResult;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/rescore/RescoreSearchContext.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/rescore/RescoreSearchContext.java
index 6e3722f00dc..aa3c66b2fd8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/rescore/RescoreSearchContext.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/rescore/RescoreSearchContext.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.search.rescore;
 
 
 
-/**
- */
 public class RescoreSearchContext {
 
     private int windowSize;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/searchafter/SearchAfterBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/searchafter/SearchAfterBuilder.java
index dce83bea7e6..b9a6ca9be57 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/searchafter/SearchAfterBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/searchafter/SearchAfterBuilder.java
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SearchAfterBuilder implements ToXContent, Writeable {
     public static final ParseField SEARCH_AFTER = new ParseField("search_after");
     private static final Object[] EMPTY_SORT_VALUES = new Object[0];
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/SortBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/SortBuilder.java
index c8f15f3a1e8..6f302626280 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/SortBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/SortBuilder.java
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class SortBuilder<T extends SortBuilder<T>> extends ToXContentToBytes implements NamedWriteable {
 
     protected SortOrder order = SortOrder.ASC;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestionSearchContext.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestionSearchContext.java
index ece5a9c58bf..165f70ba3c0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestionSearchContext.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestionSearchContext.java
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryShardContext;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-/**
- */
+
 public class SuggestionSearchContext {
 
     private final Map<String, SuggestionContext> suggestions = new LinkedHashMap<>(4);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion/CompletionStats.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion/CompletionStats.java
index c8ed562f9cc..efea5915766 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion/CompletionStats.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion/CompletionStats.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CompletionStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
 
     private long sizeInBytes;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion/CompletionSuggestionContext.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion/CompletionSuggestionContext.java
index 84eb9de6a59..273aeb31717 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion/CompletionSuggestionContext.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion/CompletionSuggestionContext.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CompletionSuggestionContext extends SuggestionSearchContext.SuggestionContext {
 
     protected CompletionSuggestionContext(QueryShardContext shardContext) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion2x/CompletionSuggestion.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion2x/CompletionSuggestion.java
index cf0939b85f9..50518ee0eff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion2x/CompletionSuggestion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion2x/CompletionSuggestion.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggest;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CompletionSuggestion extends Suggest.Suggestion<CompletionSuggestion.Entry> {
 
     public static final int TYPE = 2;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion2x/CompletionTokenStream.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion2x/CompletionTokenStream.java
index 9cb9891add0..de81caa7e5d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion2x/CompletionTokenStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/completion2x/CompletionTokenStream.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class CompletionTokenStream extends TokenStream {
 
     private final PayloadAttribute payloadAttr = addAttribute(PayloadAttribute.class);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/BindTransportException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/BindTransportException.java
index 4f55c04a1b1..0c60faec3b5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/BindTransportException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/BindTransportException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BindTransportException extends TransportException {
 
     public BindTransportException(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ConnectTransportException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ConnectTransportException.java
index 0d36733cbbc..7c64db1a63f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ConnectTransportException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ConnectTransportException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ConnectTransportException extends ActionTransportException {
 
     private final DiscoveryNode node;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/EmptyTransportResponseHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/EmptyTransportResponseHandler.java
index 41c2b9b23ed..c5814cf0fef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/EmptyTransportResponseHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/EmptyTransportResponseHandler.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class EmptyTransportResponseHandler implements TransportResponseHandler<TransportResponse.Empty> {
 
     public static final EmptyTransportResponseHandler INSTANCE_SAME = new EmptyTransportResponseHandler(ThreadPool.Names.SAME);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NodeDisconnectedException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NodeDisconnectedException.java
index a5abd21082d..32dcf6700c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NodeDisconnectedException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NodeDisconnectedException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NodeDisconnectedException extends ConnectTransportException {
 
     public NodeDisconnectedException(DiscoveryNode node, String action) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NodeShouldNotConnectException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NodeShouldNotConnectException.java
index 9ea621bc40d..bcca9e54b33 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NodeShouldNotConnectException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NodeShouldNotConnectException.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NodeShouldNotConnectException extends NodeNotConnectedException {
 
     public NodeShouldNotConnectException(DiscoveryNode fromNode, DiscoveryNode node) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NotSerializableTransportException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NotSerializableTransportException.java
index 9a838628aeb..c6b90f61d0c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NotSerializableTransportException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/NotSerializableTransportException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NotSerializableTransportException extends TransportException {
 
     public NotSerializableTransportException(Throwable t) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/PlainTransportFuture.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/PlainTransportFuture.java
index 3d0e603195b..fe01a1fdbcc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/PlainTransportFuture.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/PlainTransportFuture.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PlainTransportFuture<V extends TransportResponse> extends BaseFuture<V>
     implements TransportFuture<V>, TransportResponseHandler<V> {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ReceiveTimeoutTransportException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ReceiveTimeoutTransportException.java
index 6245a1afd22..88cdc52f10a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ReceiveTimeoutTransportException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ReceiveTimeoutTransportException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ReceiveTimeoutTransportException extends ActionTransportException {
 
     public ReceiveTimeoutTransportException(DiscoveryNode node, String action, String msg) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RequestHandlerRegistry.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RequestHandlerRegistry.java
index 27342af1bdd..b4a79edbc0b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RequestHandlerRegistry.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RequestHandlerRegistry.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskManager;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RequestHandlerRegistry<Request extends TransportRequest> {
 
     private final String action;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/SendRequestTransportException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/SendRequestTransportException.java
index 41c743c775e..08defb38f3b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/SendRequestTransportException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/SendRequestTransportException.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SendRequestTransportException extends ActionTransportException implements ElasticsearchWrapperException {
 
     public SendRequestTransportException(DiscoveryNode node, String action, Throwable cause) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Transport.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Transport.java
index d0b2edf09bb..9a85a867888 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Transport.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Transport.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface Transport extends LifecycleComponent {
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportConnectionListener.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportConnectionListener.java
index ad9c7991fa4..32bb9ca4ec2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportConnectionListener.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportConnectionListener.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface TransportConnectionListener {
 
     void onNodeConnected(DiscoveryNode node);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportException.java
index 7cc1c54c236..1d1878e0028 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportException.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportException extends ElasticsearchException {
     public TransportException(Throwable cause) {
         super(cause);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportFuture.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportFuture.java
index 5d34d0c0338..32c5f700da0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportFuture.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportFuture.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface TransportFuture<V> extends Future<V> {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequest.java
index 83eb7cf0d81..54f3a228a81 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequest.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class TransportRequest extends TransportMessage {
     public static class Empty extends TransportRequest {
         public static final Empty INSTANCE = new Empty();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequestHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequestHandler.java
index 17a3f26f26c..8c90b82fe7c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequestHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequestHandler.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface TransportRequestHandler<T extends TransportRequest> {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponse.java
index b778c6f213d..25ae72a479f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponse.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class TransportResponse extends TransportMessage {
 
     public static class Empty extends TransportResponse {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponseHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponseHandler.java
index 2602a3e1662..9d2c1801240 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponseHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponseHandler.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface TransportResponseHandler<T extends TransportResponse> {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponseOptions.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponseOptions.java
index eb163641749..a36793ed5d8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponseOptions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponseOptions.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportResponseOptions {
 
     private final boolean compress;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportSerializationException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportSerializationException.java
index ad42af9b048..ae09b23d2a1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportSerializationException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportSerializationException.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TransportSerializationException extends TransportException {
 
     public TransportSerializationException(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/support/TransportStatus.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/support/TransportStatus.java
index 87494456ff9..29c2bfb2781 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/support/TransportStatus.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/support/TransportStatus.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.transport.support;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TransportStatus {
 
     private static final byte STATUS_REQRES = 1 << 0;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/WatcherHandle.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/WatcherHandle.java
index da395c41a0b..0ef80306df2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/WatcherHandle.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/WatcherHandle.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.watcher;
 
-/**
-*
-*/
 public class WatcherHandle<W extends ResourceWatcher> {
 
     private final ResourceWatcherService.ResourceMonitor monitor;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/TruncateTokenFilterTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/TruncateTokenFilterTests.java
index 3c77142221d..d1e5cecf76b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/TruncateTokenFilterTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/TruncateTokenFilterTests.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
-/**
- */
 
 public class TruncateTokenFilterTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSimple() throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/UniqueTokenFilterTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/UniqueTokenFilterTests.java
index 7756933a781..324e422531b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/UniqueTokenFilterTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/UniqueTokenFilterTests.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class UniqueTokenFilterTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSimple() throws IOException {
         Analyzer analyzer = new Analyzer() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/queries/BlendedTermQueryTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/queries/BlendedTermQueryTests.java
index 94806422c17..3c727ddf6e3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/queries/BlendedTermQueryTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/queries/BlendedTermQueryTests.java
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class BlendedTermQueryTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testBooleanQuery() throws IOException {
         Directory dir = newDirectory();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ListenerActionIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ListenerActionIT.java
index 93389f898e9..60e4b4d2622 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ListenerActionIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ListenerActionIT.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ListenerActionIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testThreadedListeners() throws Throwable {
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/RejectionActionIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/RejectionActionIT.java
index 6745906488a..e8db648111c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/RejectionActionIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/RejectionActionIT.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = ESIntegTestCase.Scope.SUITE, numDataNodes = 2)
 public class RejectionActionIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequestTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequestTests.java
index 1887277c09e..1b37a73d6f1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequestTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequestTests.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexRequestTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testIndexRequestOpTypeFromString() throws Exception {
         String create = "create";
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bwcompat/BasicBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bwcompat/BasicBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
index 75f089b3488..7f169ee1d2c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bwcompat/BasicBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bwcompat/BasicBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class BasicBackwardsCompatibilityIT extends ESBackcompatTestCase {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/AbstractClientHeadersTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/AbstractClientHeadersTestCase.java
index a82f964c013..ccc72db9d7a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/AbstractClientHeadersTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/AbstractClientHeadersTestCase.java
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractClientHeadersTestCase extends ESTestCase {
 
     protected static final Settings HEADER_SETTINGS = Settings.builder()
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
index 04f7b73b1f2..d5d48a12a9c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NodeClientHeadersTests extends AbstractClientHeadersTestCase {
 
     private static final ActionFilters EMPTY_FILTERS = new ActionFilters(Collections.<ActionFilter>emptySet());
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientIT.java
index 073a2bfc0ae..1cae3a15deb 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientIT.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase.Scope;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.SUITE)
 public class NodeClientIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/NoMasterNodeIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/NoMasterNodeIT.java
index d730b859113..b3d2725c688 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/NoMasterNodeIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/NoMasterNodeIT.java
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class NoMasterNodeIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/SimpleDataNodesIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/SimpleDataNodesIT.java
index f411e00468e..a0a00256817 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/SimpleDataNodesIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/SimpleDataNodesIT.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.client.Requests.createIndexRequest;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue.timeValueSeconds;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope= Scope.TEST, numDataNodes =0)
 public class SimpleDataNodesIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testDataNodes() throws Exception {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/UpdateSettingsValidationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/UpdateSettingsValidationIT.java
index 89f072e2a35..9613128a00b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/UpdateSettingsValidationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/UpdateSettingsValidationIT.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase.Scope;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope= Scope.TEST, numDataNodes =0)
 public class UpdateSettingsValidationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testUpdateSettingsValidation() throws Exception {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/AwarenessAllocationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/AwarenessAllocationIT.java
index 31e841227b8..d98f9294243 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/AwarenessAllocationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/AwarenessAllocationIT.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anyOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope= ESIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes =0, minNumDataNodes = 2)
 public class AwarenessAllocationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/ClusterRerouteIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/ClusterRerouteIT.java
index 22d02f51469..9c6a4273a7f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/ClusterRerouteIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/ClusterRerouteIT.java
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertBloc
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class ClusterRerouteIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(ClusterRerouteIT.class);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolverTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolverTests.java
index 0e0c9fb442b..63b9dc05e7a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolverTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolverTests.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexNameExpressionResolverTests extends ESTestCase {
     private final IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver = new IndexNameExpressionResolver(Settings.EMPTY);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ToAndFromJsonMetaDataTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ToAndFromJsonMetaDataTests.java
index 8ad86818614..3d3da02822a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ToAndFromJsonMetaDataTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ToAndFromJsonMetaDataTests.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ToAndFromJsonMetaDataTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSimpleJsonFromAndTo() throws IOException {
         MetaData metaData = MetaData.builder()
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeFiltersTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeFiltersTests.java
index e1b6d0e6ef8..1f226427237 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeFiltersTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeFiltersTests.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodeFilters.OpType.AND;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodeFilters.OpType.OR;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DiscoveryNodeFiltersTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     private static TransportAddress localAddress;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/AllocationIdTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/AllocationIdTests.java
index 48fb1f1c952..173caaab379 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/AllocationIdTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/AllocationIdTests.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AllocationIdTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testShardToStarted() {
         logger.info("-- create unassigned shard");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/DelayedAllocationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/DelayedAllocationIT.java
index 88f09a55c2e..e4321218983 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/DelayedAllocationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/DelayedAllocationIT.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = ESIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class DelayedAllocationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/DelayedAllocationServiceTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/DelayedAllocationServiceTests.java
index a700358384d..a41ecdec79e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/DelayedAllocationServiceTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/DelayedAllocationServiceTests.java
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DelayedAllocationServiceTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
 
     private TestDelayAllocationService delayedAllocationService;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingServiceTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingServiceTests.java
index 04277ba1eb4..211071c9555 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingServiceTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingServiceTests.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RoutingServiceTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
 
     private TestRoutingService routingService;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/UnassignedInfoTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/UnassignedInfoTests.java
index 5eff8a0a53d..60f1688ad3d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/UnassignedInfoTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/UnassignedInfoTests.java
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class UnassignedInfoTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     public void testReasonOrdinalOrder() {
         UnassignedInfo.Reason[] order = new UnassignedInfo.Reason[]{
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AllocationCommandsTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AllocationCommandsTests.java
index 7dfa49455b8..5cae5d3d928 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AllocationCommandsTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AllocationCommandsTests.java
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AllocationCommandsTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(AllocationCommandsTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AwarenessAllocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AwarenessAllocationTests.java
index e7eacf94f9d..fec0a33b917 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AwarenessAllocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AwarenessAllocationTests.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AwarenessAllocationTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
 
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(AwarenessAllocationTests.class);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/DeadNodesAllocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/DeadNodesAllocationTests.java
index 9076dde19fc..81c6685ca14 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/DeadNodesAllocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/DeadNodesAllocationTests.java
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.STARTED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DeadNodesAllocationTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(DeadNodesAllocationTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ElectReplicaAsPrimaryDuringRelocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ElectReplicaAsPrimaryDuringRelocationTests.java
index 77e83fd6654..37e8d83592f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ElectReplicaAsPrimaryDuringRelocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ElectReplicaAsPrimaryDuringRelocationTests.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.STARTED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ElectReplicaAsPrimaryDuringRelocationTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(ElectReplicaAsPrimaryDuringRelocationTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ExpectedShardSizeAllocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ExpectedShardSizeAllocationTests.java
index 873c71f19b5..f73f97b61a3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ExpectedShardSizeAllocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ExpectedShardSizeAllocationTests.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.INITIALIZING;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ExpectedShardSizeAllocationTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(ExpectedShardSizeAllocationTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/FailedShardsRoutingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/FailedShardsRoutingTests.java
index 667ae850bfa..6063faba156 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/FailedShardsRoutingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/FailedShardsRoutingTests.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class FailedShardsRoutingTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(FailedShardsRoutingTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/FilterRoutingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/FilterRoutingTests.java
index 430809e6726..79473759f8f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/FilterRoutingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/FilterRoutingTests.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.INITIALIZING;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.STARTED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FilterRoutingTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(FilterRoutingTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/IndexBalanceTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/IndexBalanceTests.java
index 986d08843ad..d6e54b6e3b3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/IndexBalanceTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/IndexBalanceTests.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexBalanceTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(IndexBalanceTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/NodeVersionAllocationDeciderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/NodeVersionAllocationDeciderTests.java
index b1c64d872dc..a56af9f2b39 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/NodeVersionAllocationDeciderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/NodeVersionAllocationDeciderTests.java
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NodeVersionAllocationDeciderTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(NodeVersionAllocationDeciderTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PreferLocalPrimariesToRelocatingPrimariesTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PreferLocalPrimariesToRelocatingPrimariesTests.java
index 7e528e601d3..cf26df90002 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PreferLocalPrimariesToRelocatingPrimariesTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PreferLocalPrimariesToRelocatingPrimariesTests.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.STARTED;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.UNASSIGNED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PreferLocalPrimariesToRelocatingPrimariesTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
 
     public void testPreferLocalPrimaryAllocationOverFiltered() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PreferPrimaryAllocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PreferPrimaryAllocationTests.java
index 1c209157b13..d4e032f4761 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PreferPrimaryAllocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PreferPrimaryAllocationTests.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.INITIALIZING;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PreferPrimaryAllocationTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(PreferPrimaryAllocationTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PrimaryElectionRoutingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PrimaryElectionRoutingTests.java
index d789e6c4ec6..a634d32d71d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PrimaryElectionRoutingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PrimaryElectionRoutingTests.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.UNASSIGNED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PrimaryElectionRoutingTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(PrimaryElectionRoutingTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PrimaryNotRelocatedWhileBeingRecoveredTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PrimaryNotRelocatedWhileBeingRecoveredTests.java
index f2673805fa1..e5725ed61ef 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PrimaryNotRelocatedWhileBeingRecoveredTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/PrimaryNotRelocatedWhileBeingRecoveredTests.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.INITIALIZING;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.STARTED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PrimaryNotRelocatedWhileBeingRecoveredTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(PrimaryNotRelocatedWhileBeingRecoveredTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RebalanceAfterActiveTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RebalanceAfterActiveTests.java
index ff2020d6844..ea8cbe19b7f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RebalanceAfterActiveTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RebalanceAfterActiveTests.java
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.UNASSIGNED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RebalanceAfterActiveTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(RebalanceAfterActiveTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ReplicaAllocatedAfterPrimaryTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ReplicaAllocatedAfterPrimaryTests.java
index cf9db4ec542..ab64d0131ec 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ReplicaAllocatedAfterPrimaryTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ReplicaAllocatedAfterPrimaryTests.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ReplicaAllocatedAfterPrimaryTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(ReplicaAllocatedAfterPrimaryTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RoutingNodesIntegrityTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RoutingNodesIntegrityTests.java
index 6c837ed2b20..9401cc1ca6f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RoutingNodesIntegrityTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RoutingNodesIntegrityTests.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.STARTED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RoutingNodesIntegrityTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(IndexBalanceTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RoutingNodesUtils.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RoutingNodesUtils.java
index 74106e91dbc..794b8220511 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RoutingNodesUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/RoutingNodesUtils.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.RoutingNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.RoutingNodes;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RoutingNodesUtils {
 
     public static int numberOfShardsOfType(RoutingNodes nodes, ShardRoutingState state) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SameShardRoutingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SameShardRoutingTests.java
index e69d01ef5f2..ae87fe5332e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SameShardRoutingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SameShardRoutingTests.java
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.INITIALIZING;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.RoutingNodesUtils.numberOfShardsOfType;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SameShardRoutingTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(SameShardRoutingTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ShardsLimitAllocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ShardsLimitAllocationTests.java
index 85948f3c52c..7530e34cb83 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ShardsLimitAllocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ShardsLimitAllocationTests.java
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.STARTED;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.RoutingNodesUtils.numberOfShardsOfType;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ShardsLimitAllocationTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(ShardsLimitAllocationTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SingleShardNoReplicasRoutingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SingleShardNoReplicasRoutingTests.java
index dd89d6b6a52..8bd4b39d076 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SingleShardNoReplicasRoutingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SingleShardNoReplicasRoutingTests.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SingleShardNoReplicasRoutingTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(SingleShardNoReplicasRoutingTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SingleShardOneReplicaRoutingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SingleShardOneReplicaRoutingTests.java
index 0990850acae..44c8d5ac4d3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SingleShardOneReplicaRoutingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/SingleShardOneReplicaRoutingTests.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SingleShardOneReplicaRoutingTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(SingleShardOneReplicaRoutingTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/TenShardsOneReplicaRoutingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/TenShardsOneReplicaRoutingTests.java
index 5907232b5f2..0239ee6235e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/TenShardsOneReplicaRoutingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/TenShardsOneReplicaRoutingTests.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TenShardsOneReplicaRoutingTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(TenShardsOneReplicaRoutingTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ThrottlingAllocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ThrottlingAllocationTests.java
index 894b5b42f0c..5cafe410d56 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ThrottlingAllocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/ThrottlingAllocationTests.java
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.STARTED;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.UNASSIGNED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ThrottlingAllocationTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(ThrottlingAllocationTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/UpdateNumberOfReplicasTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/UpdateNumberOfReplicasTests.java
index e711354b181..167172ec9bd 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/UpdateNumberOfReplicasTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/UpdateNumberOfReplicasTests.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class UpdateNumberOfReplicasTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(UpdateNumberOfReplicasTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/decider/EnableAllocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/decider/EnableAllocationTests.java
index 4230504f538..5be51ceb3ae 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/decider/EnableAllocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/decider/EnableAllocationTests.java
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.decider.EnableAllocat
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.decider.EnableAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_ENABLE_SETTING;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class EnableAllocationTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
 
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(EnableAllocationTests.class);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/serialization/ClusterStateToStringTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/serialization/ClusterStateToStringTests.java
index 0dff5dc3998..69d18933e6c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/serialization/ClusterStateToStringTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/serialization/ClusterStateToStringTests.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ClusterStateToStringTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     public void testClusterStateSerialization() throws Exception {
         MetaData metaData = MetaData.builder()
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsIT.java
index a88c24873f9..7c2c789c770 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsIT.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData.SETTING_READ_ONLY
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertBlocked;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope= Scope.SUITE, numDataNodes = 2)
 public class ClusterSearchShardsIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/DeflateCompressedXContentTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/DeflateCompressedXContentTests.java
index 0ce95077965..f2c1f853e2a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/DeflateCompressedXContentTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/compress/DeflateCompressedXContentTests.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import java.util.Random;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DeflateCompressedXContentTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     private final Compressor compressor = new DeflateCompressor();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/SimpleAllTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/SimpleAllTests.java
index 7c1aaf3a3c7..ff8b25c796d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/SimpleAllTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/SimpleAllTests.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SimpleAllTests extends ESTestCase {
     private FieldType getAllFieldType() {
         FieldType ft = new FieldType();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/index/FreqTermsEnumTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/index/FreqTermsEnumTests.java
index 3d1b0fdb842..546d62a0e1f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/index/FreqTermsEnumTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/index/FreqTermsEnumTests.java
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FreqTermsEnumTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     private String[] terms;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/morelikethis/MoreLikeThisQueryTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/morelikethis/MoreLikeThisQueryTests.java
index 0dcce74c1d2..fb09ceb839c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/morelikethis/MoreLikeThisQueryTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/morelikethis/MoreLikeThisQueryTests.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MoreLikeThisQueryTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSimple() throws Exception {
         Directory dir = new RAMDirectory();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/store/InputStreamIndexInputTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/store/InputStreamIndexInputTests.java
index e8d8b914a4d..74de6b77f77 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/store/InputStreamIndexInputTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/store/InputStreamIndexInputTests.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InputStreamIndexInputTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSingleReadSingleByteLimit() throws IOException {
         RAMDirectory dir = new RAMDirectory();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/path/PathTrieTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/path/PathTrieTests.java
index 0121b855068..f20935406a0 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/path/PathTrieTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/path/PathTrieTests.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PathTrieTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public static final PathTrie.Decoder NO_DECODER = new PathTrie.Decoder() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/rounding/TimeZoneRoundingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/rounding/TimeZoneRoundingTests.java
index ff83ddfa57d..9e85db5f18e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/rounding/TimeZoneRoundingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/rounding/TimeZoneRoundingTests.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TimeZoneRoundingTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testUTCTimeUnitRounding() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/ByteSizeValueTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/ByteSizeValueTests.java
index b01e3f60771..814183281ce 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/ByteSizeValueTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/ByteSizeValueTests.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ByteSizeValueTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testActualPeta() {
         MatcherAssert.assertThat(new ByteSizeValue(4, ByteSizeUnit.PB).getBytes(), equalTo(4503599627370496L));
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/DistanceUnitTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/DistanceUnitTests.java
index 7c5463baed2..3d8ecdba424 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/DistanceUnitTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/DistanceUnitTests.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.closeTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DistanceUnitTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSimpleDistanceUnit() {
         assertThat(DistanceUnit.KILOMETERS.convert(10, DistanceUnit.MILES), closeTo(16.09344, 0.001));
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/SizeValueTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/SizeValueTests.java
index c109b8869d2..3a97a11308b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/SizeValueTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/unit/SizeValueTests.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SizeValueTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testThatConversionWorks() {
         SizeValue sizeValue = new SizeValue(1000);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/ArrayUtilsTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/ArrayUtilsTests.java
index 172a064b698..8a346ed4fbe 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/ArrayUtilsTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/ArrayUtilsTests.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import java.util.BitSet;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ArrayUtilsTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testBinarySearch() throws Exception {
         for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/RefCountedTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/RefCountedTests.java
index c5d0ec4257e..ed4c7c9f7bb 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/RefCountedTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/concurrent/RefCountedTests.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- */
 public class RefCountedTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testRefCount() throws IOException {
         MyRefCounted counted = new MyRefCounted();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentFactoryTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentFactoryTests.java
index 8319873878a..8a3d0ef9ccf 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentFactoryTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentFactoryTests.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class XContentFactoryTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testGuessJson() throws IOException {
         testGuessType(XContentType.JSON);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/cbor/JsonVsCborTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/cbor/JsonVsCborTests.java
index fb726b97e3e..8852f090ef6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/cbor/JsonVsCborTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/cbor/JsonVsCborTests.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class JsonVsCborTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testCompareParsingTokens() throws IOException {
         BytesStreamOutput xsonOs = new BytesStreamOutput();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/JsonVsSmileTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/JsonVsSmileTests.java
index ecf49be6629..9f2910bc11f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/JsonVsSmileTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/JsonVsSmileTests.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class JsonVsSmileTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testCompareParsingTokens() throws IOException {
         BytesStreamOutput xsonOs = new BytesStreamOutput();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/XContentMapValuesTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/XContentMapValuesTests.java
index d7e363b3274..7e757c0bbc4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/XContentMapValuesTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/support/XContentMapValuesTests.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class XContentMapValuesTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testFilter() throws Exception {
         XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject()
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/jackson/JacksonLocationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/jackson/JacksonLocationTests.java
index c25a0a6503b..4c84d7c6722 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/jackson/JacksonLocationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/jackson/JacksonLocationTests.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class JacksonLocationTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testLocationExtraction() throws IOException {
         // {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/joda/SimpleJodaTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/joda/SimpleJodaTests.java
index 442a566a77e..9ed433918d1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/joda/SimpleJodaTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/joda/SimpleJodaTests.java
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.endsWith;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SimpleJodaTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testMultiParsers() {
         DateTimeFormatterBuilder builder = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/lucene/SimpleLuceneTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/lucene/SimpleLuceneTests.java
index 1455b397e74..2b08213ab43 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/lucene/SimpleLuceneTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/lucene/SimpleLuceneTests.java
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SimpleLuceneTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSortValues() throws Exception {
         Directory dir = new RAMDirectory();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/lucene/VectorHighlighterTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/lucene/VectorHighlighterTests.java
index fbb5115903c..5e02da294c8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/lucene/VectorHighlighterTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/deps/lucene/VectorHighlighterTests.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class VectorHighlighterTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testVectorHighlighter() throws Exception {
         Directory dir = new RAMDirectory();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/DiscoveryModuleTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/DiscoveryModuleTests.java
index 3b436f45410..ec5a20c83e6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/DiscoveryModuleTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/DiscoveryModuleTests.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.ElectMasterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.ZenDiscovery;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.NoopDiscovery;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DiscoveryModuleTests extends ModuleTestCase {
 
     public static class DummyMasterElectionService extends ElectMasterService {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/AliasedIndexDocumentActionsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/AliasedIndexDocumentActionsIT.java
index d9371df09ae..8d9cacd5f0e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/AliasedIndexDocumentActionsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/AliasedIndexDocumentActionsIT.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.Alias;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.client.Requests.createIndexRequest;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AliasedIndexDocumentActionsIT extends DocumentActionsIT {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/ShardInfoIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/ShardInfoIT.java
index 0ba97bee899..814a861139e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/ShardInfoIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/ShardInfoIT.java
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ShardInfoIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     private int numCopies;
     private int numNodes;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/explain/ExplainActionIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/explain/ExplainActionIT.java
index 528b03bc831..30ae9a7b6f7 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/explain/ExplainActionIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/explain/ExplainActionIT.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcke
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ExplainActionIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testSimple() throws Exception {
         assertAcked(prepareCreate("test")
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/fieldstats/FieldStatsTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/fieldstats/FieldStatsTests.java
index 8cd1b479416..a9134c9ba4e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/fieldstats/FieldStatsTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/fieldstats/FieldStatsTests.java
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.fieldstats.IndexConstraint.Property.MIN;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldStatsTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testByte() {
         testNumberRange("field1", "byte", 12, 18);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/AsyncShardFetchTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/AsyncShardFetchTests.java
index 1f2dbd608bb..13e39a342dc 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/AsyncShardFetchTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/AsyncShardFetchTests.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 
-/**
- */
 public class AsyncShardFetchTests extends ESTestCase {
     private final DiscoveryNode node1 = new DiscoveryNode("node1", buildNewFakeTransportAddress(), Collections.emptyMap(),
             Collections.singleton(DiscoveryNode.Role.DATA), Version.CURRENT);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/DanglingIndicesStateTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/DanglingIndicesStateTests.java
index 74df2f33fc0..581ef0f99a3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/DanglingIndicesStateTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/DanglingIndicesStateTests.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DanglingIndicesStateTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     private static Settings indexSettings = Settings.builder()
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/MetaStateServiceTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/MetaStateServiceTests.java
index 82c38748a48..62f040c0163 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/MetaStateServiceTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/MetaStateServiceTests.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MetaStateServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
     private static Settings indexSettings = Settings.builder()
             .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1)
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/PrimaryShardAllocatorTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/PrimaryShardAllocatorTests.java
index 0fd89ec8898..2af4d49f742 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/PrimaryShardAllocatorTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/PrimaryShardAllocatorTests.java
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anyOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PrimaryShardAllocatorTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
 
     private final ShardId shardId = new ShardId("test", "_na_", 0);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/QuorumGatewayIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/QuorumGatewayIT.java
index c820bccae51..226b1422b4d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/QuorumGatewayIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/QuorumGatewayIT.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertNoFailures;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(numDataNodes =0, scope= Scope.TEST)
 public class QuorumGatewayIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocatorTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocatorTests.java
index 188f10c588e..22f7fe2498f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocatorTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/ReplicaShardAllocatorTests.java
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ReplicaShardAllocatorTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
     private final ShardId shardId = new ShardId("test", "_na_", 0);
     private final DiscoveryNode node1 = newNode("node1");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CharFilterTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CharFilterTests.java
index 206dffd0fb7..f993cc1490c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CharFilterTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CharFilterTests.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.IndexSettingsModule;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase.createTestAnalysis;
 
-/**
- */
 public class CharFilterTests extends ESTokenStreamTestCase {
     public void testMappingCharFilter() throws Exception {
         Settings settings = Settings.builder()
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CompoundAnalysisTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CompoundAnalysisTests.java
index ede42404558..e8734331167 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CompoundAnalysisTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/CompoundAnalysisTests.java
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItems;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- */
 public class CompoundAnalysisTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testDefaultsCompoundAnalysis() throws Exception {
         Settings settings = getJsonSettings();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerTests.java
index b1dcdec646b..7dc55b43700 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PreBuiltAnalyzerTests.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.VersionUtils.randomVersion;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PreBuiltAnalyzerTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StemmerTokenFilterFactoryTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StemmerTokenFilterFactoryTests.java
index 7c4818c63b3..c4632e57490 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StemmerTokenFilterFactoryTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/StemmerTokenFilterFactoryTests.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import static com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedTest.scaledRandomIntB
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StemmerTokenFilterFactoryTests extends ESTokenStreamTestCase {
     public void testEnglishFilterFactory() throws IOException {
         int iters = scaledRandomIntBetween(20, 100);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/commongrams/CommonGramsTokenFilterFactoryTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/commongrams/CommonGramsTokenFilterFactoryTests.java
index ed6866e6a81..19c6bf64dcc 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/commongrams/CommonGramsTokenFilterFactoryTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/commongrams/CommonGramsTokenFilterFactoryTests.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+
 public class CommonGramsTokenFilterFactoryTests extends ESTokenStreamTestCase {
     public void testDefault() throws IOException {
         Settings settings = Settings.builder()
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/synonyms/SynonymsAnalysisTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/synonyms/SynonymsAnalysisTests.java
index c6dfdc1a413..c4842e497ef 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/synonyms/SynonymsAnalysisTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/synonyms/SynonymsAnalysisTests.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SynonymsAnalysisTests extends ESTestCase {
     protected final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(getClass());
     private IndexAnalyzers indexAnalyzers;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineSearcherTotalHitsMatcher.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineSearcherTotalHitsMatcher.java
index 362ee9c5332..767b0511ddf 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineSearcherTotalHitsMatcher.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineSearcherTotalHitsMatcher.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class EngineSearcherTotalHitsMatcher extends TypeSafeMatcher<Engine.Searcher> {
 
     private final Query query;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/AbstractGeoFieldDataTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/AbstractGeoFieldDataTestCase.java
index 4e4d638d355..b1a3c9c0886 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/AbstractGeoFieldDataTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/AbstractGeoFieldDataTestCase.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AbstractGeoFieldDataTestCase extends AbstractFieldDataImplTestCase {
     @Override
     protected abstract String getFieldDataType();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/AbstractStringFieldDataTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/AbstractStringFieldDataTestCase.java
index 741a1b54526..13f194a23ba 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/AbstractStringFieldDataTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/AbstractStringFieldDataTestCase.java
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class AbstractStringFieldDataTestCase extends AbstractFieldDataImplTestCase {
     private void addField(Document d, String name, String value) {
         d.add(new StringField(name, value, Field.Store.YES));
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/BinaryDVFieldDataTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/BinaryDVFieldDataTests.java
index 5f8beb12424..eb5b1f2b874 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/BinaryDVFieldDataTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/BinaryDVFieldDataTests.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.ParsedDocument;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BinaryDVFieldDataTests extends AbstractFieldDataTestCase {
     @Override
     protected boolean hasDocValues() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/FieldDataLoadingIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/FieldDataLoadingIT.java
index bbc3a03f0a3..6a96fd01f0a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/FieldDataLoadingIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/FieldDataLoadingIT.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldDataLoadingIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
     public void testEagerGlobalOrdinalsFieldDataLoading() throws Exception {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/PagedBytesStringFieldDataTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/PagedBytesStringFieldDataTests.java
index 25a232f68f9..a23456ce7ef 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/PagedBytesStringFieldDataTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/PagedBytesStringFieldDataTests.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PagedBytesStringFieldDataTests extends AbstractStringFieldDataTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ParentChildFieldDataTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ParentChildFieldDataTests.java
index e722e29bc42..1f23f726ef6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ParentChildFieldDataTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ParentChildFieldDataTests.java
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ParentChildFieldDataTests extends AbstractFieldDataTestCase {
     private final String parentType = "parent";
     private final String childType = "child";
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/MultiOrdinalsTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/MultiOrdinalsTests.java
index 3f1e367952e..c594427b7e8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/MultiOrdinalsTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/MultiOrdinalsTests.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MultiOrdinalsTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     protected Ordinals creationMultiOrdinals(OrdinalsBuilder builder) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/SingleOrdinalsTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/SingleOrdinalsTests.java
index b699bb278c9..9eb73e93324 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/SingleOrdinalsTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/ordinals/SingleOrdinalsTests.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SingleOrdinalsTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSvValues() throws IOException {
         int numDocs = 1000000;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/BinaryFieldMapperTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/BinaryFieldMapperTests.java
index a294a291a6a..989f1fa6835 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/BinaryFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/BinaryFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- */
 public class BinaryFieldMapperTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CamelCaseFieldNameTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CamelCaseFieldNameTests.java
index d8894139cfa..7bf23fa4184 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CamelCaseFieldNameTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CamelCaseFieldNameTests.java
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.ParsedDocument;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESSingleNodeTestCase;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CamelCaseFieldNameTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testCamelCaseFieldNameStaysAsIs() throws Exception {
         String mapping = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().startObject("type")
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperIntegrationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperIntegrationIT.java
index 11f8512fd25..3cf9527c627 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperIntegrationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperIntegrationIT.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class CopyToMapperIntegrationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testDynamicTemplateCopyTo() throws Exception {
         assertAcked(
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperTests.java
index cd08ba98a88..0133e7e86c5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperTests.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CopyToMapperTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public void testCopyToFieldsParsing() throws Exception {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DoubleIndexingDocTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DoubleIndexingDocTests.java
index 61d79925899..b434b41242f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DoubleIndexingDocTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DoubleIndexingDocTests.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESSingleNodeTestCase;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DoubleIndexingDocTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testDoubleIndexingSameDoc() throws Exception {
         Directory dir = newDirectory();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DynamicTemplatesTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DynamicTemplatesTests.java
index 9e4eb14e378..9eb5a78529f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DynamicTemplatesTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DynamicTemplatesTests.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToBytesFromClasspath;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToStringFromClasspath;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class DynamicTemplatesTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testMatchTypeOnly() throws Exception {
         XContentBuilder builder = JsonXContent.contentBuilder();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ExternalFieldMapperTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ExternalFieldMapperTests.java
index 6be11ced1e6..44c973748d0 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ExternalFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ExternalFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.closeTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ExternalFieldMapperTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/FieldLevelBoostTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/FieldLevelBoostTests.java
index 2d451a36df8..42089752842 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/FieldLevelBoostTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/FieldLevelBoostTests.java
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.closeTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FieldLevelBoostTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     private static final Settings BW_SETTINGS = Settings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.V_2_0_0).build();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/GenericStoreDynamicTemplateTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/GenericStoreDynamicTemplateTests.java
index 65ed7845af7..ec12a628f5f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/GenericStoreDynamicTemplateTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/GenericStoreDynamicTemplateTests.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToBytesFromClasspath;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToStringFromClasspath;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GenericStoreDynamicTemplateTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testSimple() throws Exception {
         String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/dynamictemplate/genericstore/test-mapping.json");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/JavaMultiFieldMergeTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/JavaMultiFieldMergeTests.java
index 817480db3d3..f43bf73a3d7 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/JavaMultiFieldMergeTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/JavaMultiFieldMergeTests.java
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class JavaMultiFieldMergeTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testMergeMultiField() throws Exception {
         String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/multifield/merge/test-mapping1.json");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyGeohashMappingGeoPointTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyGeohashMappingGeoPointTests.java
index 426114cb389..a4d61956a6c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyGeohashMappingGeoPointTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyGeohashMappingGeoPointTests.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyGeohashMappingGeoPointTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIpFieldMapperTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIpFieldMapperTests.java
index af525318640..a78cb7a7177 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIpFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyIpFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class LegacyIpFieldMapperTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     private static final Settings BW_SETTINGS = Settings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.V_2_3_0).build();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyNumberFieldMapperTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyNumberFieldMapperTests.java
index 46bd89f83e0..1ce13d5137a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyNumberFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyNumberFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class LegacyNumberFieldMapperTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     private static final Settings BW_SETTINGS = Settings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.V_2_3_0).build();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyStringMappingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyStringMappingTests.java
index 3c07ec4b90c..a1583098292 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyStringMappingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/LegacyStringMappingTests.java
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class LegacyStringMappingTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MultiFieldTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MultiFieldTests.java
index 4bf1995722b..5c70465d77f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MultiFieldTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MultiFieldTests.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MultiFieldTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     public void testMultiFieldMultiFields() throws Exception {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MultiFieldsIntegrationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MultiFieldsIntegrationIT.java
index 8711ead6edf..1df01218a50 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MultiFieldsIntegrationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MultiFieldsIntegrationIT.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MultiFieldsIntegrationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testMultiFields() throws Exception {
         assertAcked(
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/NullValueObjectMappingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/NullValueObjectMappingTests.java
index 774e122e13f..d48fc3c0b6c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/NullValueObjectMappingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/NullValueObjectMappingTests.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NullValueObjectMappingTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testNullValueObject() throws IOException {
         String mapping = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().startObject("type")
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/NullValueTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/NullValueTests.java
index 0880833716e..bc054564a68 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/NullValueTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/NullValueTests.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESSingleNodeTestCase;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NullValueTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testNullNullValue() throws Exception {
         IndexService indexService = createIndex("test", Settings.builder().build());
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/PathMapperTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/PathMapperTests.java
index 1f6fb29e4c1..271501281cd 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/PathMapperTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/PathMapperTests.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToStringFromClasspath;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PathMapperTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testPathMapping() throws IOException {
         String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/path/test-mapping.json");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/PathMatchDynamicTemplateTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/PathMatchDynamicTemplateTests.java
index 584ba2daf1d..98056871017 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/PathMatchDynamicTemplateTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/PathMatchDynamicTemplateTests.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToBytesFromClasspath;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToStringFromClasspath;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PathMatchDynamicTemplateTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testSimple() throws Exception {
         String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/dynamictemplate/pathmatch/test-mapping.json");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/StoredNumericValuesTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/StoredNumericValuesTests.java
index 4bfdd07d455..47b062a42df 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/StoredNumericValuesTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/StoredNumericValuesTests.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class StoredNumericValuesTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testBytesAndNumericRepresentation() throws Exception {
         IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(new RAMDirectory(), new IndexWriterConfig(Lucene.STANDARD_ANALYZER));
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TimestampFieldMapperTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TimestampFieldMapperTests.java
index 2b87bb10b54..33f7db973d3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TimestampFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TimestampFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
 
-/**
- */
 public class TimestampFieldMapperTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     private static final Settings BW_SETTINGS = Settings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.V_2_3_0).build();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/AbstractNumberNestedSortingTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/AbstractNumberNestedSortingTestCase.java
index 5b5b24bbe4b..4d73ce48a2e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/AbstractNumberNestedSortingTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/AbstractNumberNestedSortingTestCase.java
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class AbstractNumberNestedSortingTestCase extends AbstractFieldDataTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/DoubleNestedSortingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/DoubleNestedSortingTests.java
index 2dc87594c9d..1dc982270f7 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/DoubleNestedSortingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/DoubleNestedSortingTests.java
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DoubleNestedSortingTests extends AbstractNumberNestedSortingTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/FloatNestedSortingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/FloatNestedSortingTests.java
index fcecee82ed8..4262b959099 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/FloatNestedSortingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/FloatNestedSortingTests.java
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FloatNestedSortingTests extends DoubleNestedSortingTests {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/LongNestedSortingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/LongNestedSortingTests.java
index 39994b0c057..c8f2a5f9dfa 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/LongNestedSortingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/LongNestedSortingTests.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.IndexNumericFieldData;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.fieldcomparator.LongValuesComparatorSource;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.MultiValueMode;
 
-/**
- */
 public class LongNestedSortingTests extends AbstractNumberNestedSortingTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/NestedSortingTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/NestedSortingTests.java
index dd46c4a61db..b0999b2fa33 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/NestedSortingTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/nested/NestedSortingTests.java
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NestedSortingTests extends AbstractFieldDataTestCase {
     @Override
     protected String getFieldDataType() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPointsTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPointsTests.java
index c723538c837..6fd66f3fb73 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPointsTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/CommitPointsTests.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CommitPointsTests extends ESTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(CommitPointsTests.class);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexSearcherWrapperTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexSearcherWrapperTests.java
index cfadab6efb8..1600d22efd7 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexSearcherWrapperTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexSearcherWrapperTests.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexSearcherWrapperTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testReaderCloseListenerIsCalled() throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardPathTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardPathTests.java
index f3433a9669a..8b61a399a9b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardPathTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/ShardPathTests.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- */
 public class ShardPathTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testLoadShardPath() throws IOException {
         try (final NodeEnvironment env = newNodeEnvironment(Settings.builder().build())) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/snapshots/blobstore/FileInfoTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/snapshots/blobstore/FileInfoTests.java
index abaebb88c5e..5968ff25e98 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/snapshots/blobstore/FileInfoTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/snapshots/blobstore/FileInfoTests.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FileInfoTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testToFromXContent() throws IOException {
         final int iters = scaledRandomIntBetween(1, 10);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/IndexStoreTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/IndexStoreTests.java
index fe5410ccaf8..3837f4faa85 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/IndexStoreTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/IndexStoreTests.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndexStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testStoreDirectory() throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/suggest/stats/SuggestStatsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/suggest/stats/SuggestStatsIT.java
index cb0397990ab..925bf56fe70 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/suggest/stats/SuggestStatsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/suggest/stats/SuggestStatsIT.java
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 
-/**
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(minNumDataNodes = 2)
 public class SuggestStatsIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indexing/IndexActionIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indexing/IndexActionIT.java
index 1fab2a38086..14b1b7c1b5e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indexing/IndexActionIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indexing/IndexActionIT.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class IndexActionIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     /**
      * This test tries to simulate load while creating an index and indexing documents
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleActionIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleActionIT.java
index 27f3bfb123f..db03e51d4d9 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleActionIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleActionIT.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class IndexLifecycleActionIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testIndexLifecycleActionsWith11Shards1Backup() throws Exception {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/AnalysisModuleTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/AnalysisModuleTests.java
index 7baab0142ff..6f379e48bae 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/AnalysisModuleTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/AnalysisModuleTests.java
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AnalysisModuleTests extends ModuleTestCase {
 
     public IndexAnalyzers getIndexAnalyzers(Settings settings) throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analyze/AnalyzeActionIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analyze/AnalyzeActionIT.java
index cd2c34e5102..b79c7a31392 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analyze/AnalyzeActionIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analyze/AnalyzeActionIT.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
 
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AnalyzeActionIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testSimpleAnalyzerTests() throws Exception {
         assertAcked(prepareCreate("test").addAlias(new Alias("alias")));
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/flush/SyncedFlushSingleNodeTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/flush/SyncedFlushSingleNodeTests.java
index ea2a80bada5..c35df81cfd6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/flush/SyncedFlushSingleNodeTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/flush/SyncedFlushSingleNodeTests.java
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SyncedFlushSingleNodeTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
 
     public void testModificationPreventsFlushing() throws InterruptedException {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/mapping/SimpleGetMappingsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/mapping/SimpleGetMappingsIT.java
index 8d319ae5b8d..6b96e4e102d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/mapping/SimpleGetMappingsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/mapping/SimpleGetMappingsIT.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertBloc
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(randomDynamicTemplates = false)
 public class SimpleGetMappingsIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testGetMappingsWhereThereAreNone() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/IndexRecoveryIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/IndexRecoveryIT.java
index 666a1689080..dfe9a09fb2a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/IndexRecoveryIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/IndexRecoveryIT.java
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class IndexRecoveryIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/StartRecoveryRequestTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/StartRecoveryRequestTests.java
index 8fa6e3d03a6..691b043e86a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/StartRecoveryRequestTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/StartRecoveryRequestTests.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.VersionUtils.randomVersion;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class StartRecoveryRequestTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSerialization() throws Exception {
         Version targetNodeVersion = randomVersion(random());
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/RareClusterStateIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/RareClusterStateIT.java
index df73e11b731..5a257cc64fd 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/RareClusterStateIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/RareClusterStateIT.java
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = ESIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0, numClientNodes = 0, transportClientRatio = 0)
 @TestLogging("_root:DEBUG")
 public class RareClusterStateIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/SimpleIndexStateIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/SimpleIndexStateIT.java
index 0515887a550..5ec6d82117a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/SimpleIndexStateIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/SimpleIndexStateIT.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(minNumDataNodes = 2)
 public class SimpleIndexStateIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     private final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(SimpleIndexStateIT.class);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStoreIntegrationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStoreIntegrationIT.java
index b248fc811f6..a6420034c42 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStoreIntegrationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStoreIntegrationIT.java
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ import static java.lang.Thread.sleep;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class IndicesStoreIntegrationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStoreTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStoreTests.java
index f67d81f7a97..74370b711d6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStoreTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStoreTests.java
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.Version.CURRENT;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.ClusterServiceUtils.createClusterService;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.VersionUtils.randomVersion;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IndicesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
     private static final ShardRoutingState[] NOT_STARTED_STATES;
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/template/SimpleIndexTemplateIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/template/SimpleIndexTemplateIT.java
index e40361e94f2..b1a4d19894e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/template/SimpleIndexTemplateIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/template/SimpleIndexTemplateIT.java
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SimpleIndexTemplateIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
     @After
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/nodesinfo/SimpleNodesInfoIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/nodesinfo/SimpleNodesInfoIT.java
index 8a4c50f8a9d..2147cea696d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/nodesinfo/SimpleNodesInfoIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/nodesinfo/SimpleNodesInfoIT.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope= Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class SimpleNodesInfoIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/operateAllIndices/DestructiveOperationsIntegrationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/operateAllIndices/DestructiveOperationsIntegrationIT.java
index 83f600a8c2f..28852d74696 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/operateAllIndices/DestructiveOperationsIntegrationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/operateAllIndices/DestructiveOperationsIntegrationIT.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = ESIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST)
 public class DestructiveOperationsIntegrationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     // One test for test performance, since cluster scope is test
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/FullRollingRestartIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/FullRollingRestartIT.java
index 75904e69c25..a180d6feb8e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/FullRollingRestartIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/FullRollingRestartIT.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase.Scope;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0, transportClientRatio = 0.0)
 public class FullRollingRestartIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     protected void assertTimeout(ClusterHealthRequestBuilder requestBuilder) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
index b661761e522..8a59b7460b3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 @TestLogging("_root:DEBUG,org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery:TRACE,org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service:TRACE")
 public class RelocationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/routing/AliasResolveRoutingIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/routing/AliasResolveRoutingIT.java
index c60e9e06d16..fdfcc4fcb91 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/routing/AliasResolveRoutingIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/routing/AliasResolveRoutingIT.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertHitC
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AliasResolveRoutingIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchTimeoutIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchTimeoutIT.java
index 168574059f6..a8acb172daa 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchTimeoutIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchTimeoutIT.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.support.WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDI
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.scriptQuery;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = ESIntegTestCase.Scope.SUITE)
 public class SearchTimeoutIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/CombiIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/CombiIT.java
index f72ecdb8b1c..7517e98ff27 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/CombiIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/CombiIT.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class CombiIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BooleanTermsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BooleanTermsIT.java
index cfb290284ae..a7182ca56a6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BooleanTermsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BooleanTermsIT.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertSear
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public class BooleanTermsIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/ChildrenIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/ChildrenIT.java
index f4234423531..d57e2774b55 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/ChildrenIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/ChildrenIT.java
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 
-/**
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public class ChildrenIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/DateHistogramIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/DateHistogramIT.java
index 68b443f40ff..9eb21e89df1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/DateHistogramIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/DateHistogramIT.java
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public class DateHistogramIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/DateRangeIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/DateRangeIT.java
index a6e0273beff..6534658c9cd 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/DateRangeIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/DateRangeIT.java
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public class DateRangeIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/GeoDistanceIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/GeoDistanceIT.java
index 288e9d4dcc5..32dcb1a4eb3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/GeoDistanceIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/GeoDistanceIT.java
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public class GeoDistanceIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/GlobalIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/GlobalIT.java
index 9cebfeb9824..b226c6dbd2d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/GlobalIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/GlobalIT.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public class GlobalIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/SignificantTermsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/SignificantTermsIT.java
index 7284901e94c..3de40c16c28 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/SignificantTermsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/SignificantTermsIT.java
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public class SignificantTermsIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/SignificantTermsSignificanceScoreIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/SignificantTermsSignificanceScoreIT.java
index 150f4a74a96..aa5cc79ab5e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/SignificantTermsSignificanceScoreIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/SignificantTermsSignificanceScoreIT.java
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = ESIntegTestCase.Scope.SUITE)
 public class SignificantTermsSignificanceScoreIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/TermsShardMinDocCountIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/TermsShardMinDocCountIT.java
index 2ea319daa9c..764ed3ba73b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/TermsShardMinDocCountIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/TermsShardMinDocCountIT.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilders.signific
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilders.terms;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TermsShardMinDocCountIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     private static final String index = "someindex";
     private static final String type = "testtype";
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/NestedAggregatorTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/NestedAggregatorTests.java
index a3bb846c3e1..d658a36c07d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/NestedAggregatorTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/NestedAggregatorTests.java
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NestedAggregatorTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
     public void testResetRootDocId() throws Exception {
         Directory directory = newDirectory();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AbstractGeoTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AbstractGeoTestCase.java
index 7cca4baadea..6a4eec89f23 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AbstractGeoTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AbstractGeoTestCase.java
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcke
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertSearchResponse;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public abstract class AbstractGeoTestCase extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AvgIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AvgIT.java
index 37a3d126e3f..1d9f5484877 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AvgIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AvgIT.java
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AvgIT extends AbstractNumericTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MaxIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MaxIT.java
index c3e693b5307..df65deb3696 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MaxIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MaxIT.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertSear
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MaxIT extends AbstractNumericTestCase {
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MinIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MinIT.java
index 93402534619..7eddcd7b53a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MinIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MinIT.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertSear
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MinIT extends AbstractNumericTestCase {
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/SumIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/SumIT.java
index 3ff00529655..f4cad82b16f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/SumIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/SumIT.java
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertSear
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SumIT extends AbstractNumericTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
index 383d25c4011..76b4d831020 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase()
 public class TopHitsIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/ValueCountIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/ValueCountIT.java
index 90e56249ff3..33ec5019805 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/ValueCountIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/ValueCountIT.java
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertSear
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public class ValueCountIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/PathTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/PathTests.java
index 4602035a40b..c5c681c117f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/PathTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/PathTests.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PathTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testInvalidPaths() throws Exception {
         assertInvalidPath("[foo]", "brackets at the beginning of the token expression");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/MatchedQueriesIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/MatchedQueriesIT.java
index 170638b295f..ebf3b6e1a50 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/MatchedQueriesIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/MatchedQueriesIT.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertHitC
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItemInArray;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MatchedQueriesIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testSimpleMatchedQueryFromFilteredQuery() throws Exception {
         createIndex("test");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/NestedChildrenFilterTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/NestedChildrenFilterTests.java
index 440d90bdba4..c4c180ab858 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/NestedChildrenFilterTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/NestedChildrenFilterTests.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class NestedChildrenFilterTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testNestedChildrenFilter() throws Exception {
         int numParentDocs = scaledRandomIntBetween(0, 32);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScoreBackwardCompatibilityIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScoreBackwardCompatibilityIT.java
index 655aecd8fb5..7ef8cfe78d1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScoreBackwardCompatibilityIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScoreBackwardCompatibilityIT.java
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcke
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertOrderedSearchHits;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertSearchResponse;
 
-/**
- */
 public class FunctionScoreBackwardCompatibilityIT extends ESBackcompatTestCase {
     /**
      * Simple upgrade test for function score.
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScorePluginIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScorePluginIT.java
index 5fbfbba46db..21622d0e4ae 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScorePluginIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScorePluginIT.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.termQuery;
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder.searchSource;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.SUITE, supportsDedicatedMasters = false, numDataNodes = 1)
 public class FunctionScorePluginIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/QueryRescorerIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/QueryRescorerIT.java
index 364186572d9..0fb85ea4990 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/QueryRescorerIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/QueryRescorerIT.java
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class QueryRescorerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testEnforceWindowSize() {
         createIndex("test");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/geo/GeoBoundingBoxIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/geo/GeoBoundingBoxIT.java
index 1ac9147e53a..97615f63c9d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/geo/GeoBoundingBoxIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/geo/GeoBoundingBoxIT.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcke
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anyOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GeoBoundingBoxIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/geo/GeoFilterIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/geo/GeoFilterIT.java
index cc832f8a7d1..7f880211c3b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/geo/GeoFilterIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/geo/GeoFilterIT.java
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GeoFilterIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/indicesboost/SimpleIndicesBoostSearchIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/indicesboost/SimpleIndicesBoostSearchIT.java
index 606e9a18f2d..168729d5c0b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/indicesboost/SimpleIndicesBoostSearchIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/indicesboost/SimpleIndicesBoostSearchIT.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder.searchSource;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SimpleIndicesBoostSearchIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testIndicesBoost() throws Exception {
         assertHitCount(client().prepareSearch().setQuery(termQuery("test", "value")).get(), 0);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/morelikethis/MoreLikeThisIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/morelikethis/MoreLikeThisIT.java
index 21f15860759..1fd51966c2b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/morelikethis/MoreLikeThisIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/morelikethis/MoreLikeThisIT.java
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertThro
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class MoreLikeThisIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testSimpleMoreLikeThis() throws Exception {
         logger.info("Creating index test");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/DuelScrollIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/DuelScrollIT.java
index 0ece1e5d83e..f05f9206836 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/DuelScrollIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/DuelScrollIT.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcke
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertNoFailures;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- */
 public class DuelScrollIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testDuelQueryThenFetch() throws Exception {
         TestContext context = create(SearchType.DFS_QUERY_THEN_FETCH, SearchType.QUERY_THEN_FETCH);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/SearchScrollWithFailingNodesIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/SearchScrollWithFailingNodesIT.java
index 2a42ec3530b..5b34dbc55af 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/SearchScrollWithFailingNodesIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/SearchScrollWithFailingNodesIT.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 
-/**
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = ESIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0, numClientNodes = 0)
 public class SearchScrollWithFailingNodesIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
index a987aa7f9cc..fd57a1198e0 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0, transportClientRatio = 0)
 public class DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotUtilsTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotUtilsTests.java
index 1763ec1a3e0..5b4b295d408 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotUtilsTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotUtilsTests.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SnapshotUtilsTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testIndexNameFiltering() {
         assertIndexNameFiltering(new String[]{"foo", "bar", "baz"}, new String[]{}, new String[]{"foo", "bar", "baz"});
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/mockstore/BlobContainerWrapper.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/mockstore/BlobContainerWrapper.java
index 72f17039f26..56a4a279cab 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/mockstore/BlobContainerWrapper.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/mockstore/BlobContainerWrapper.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BlobContainerWrapper implements BlobContainer {
     private BlobContainer delegate;
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/mockstore/BlobStoreWrapper.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/mockstore/BlobStoreWrapper.java
index 5ac1e82dba4..08e0c6fdcfa 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/mockstore/BlobStoreWrapper.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/mockstore/BlobStoreWrapper.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.blobstore.BlobStore;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class BlobStoreWrapper implements BlobStore {
 
     private BlobStore delegate;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/SimpleThreadPoolIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/SimpleThreadPoolIT.java
index 56e18d5335e..1b5202762c6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/SimpleThreadPoolIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/SimpleThreadPoolIT.java
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertNoFailures;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 
-/**
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0, numClientNodes = 0)
 public class SimpleThreadPoolIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/timestamp/SimpleTimestampIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/timestamp/SimpleTimestampIT.java
index 2fb63335873..e64a695d888 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/timestamp/SimpleTimestampIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/timestamp/SimpleTimestampIT.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SimpleTimestampIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
     private static final Settings BW_SETTINGS = Settings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.V_2_3_0).build();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/update/UpdateByNativeScriptIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/update/UpdateByNativeScriptIT.java
index 31ce9861e45..b8c78f5e311 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/update/UpdateByNativeScriptIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/update/UpdateByNativeScriptIT.java
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasKey;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope= Scope.SUITE, numDataNodes =1)
 public class UpdateByNativeScriptIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/validate/SimpleValidateQueryIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/validate/SimpleValidateQueryIT.java
index 79ee4389527..0a26ce32e6d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/validate/SimpleValidateQueryIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/validate/SimpleValidateQueryIT.java
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(randomDynamicTemplates = false, scope = Scope.SUITE)
 public class SimpleValidateQueryIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testSimpleValidateQuery() throws Exception {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/versioning/ConcurrentDocumentOperationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/versioning/ConcurrentDocumentOperationIT.java
index e2c572f783a..8edcbd45a8c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/versioning/ConcurrentDocumentOperationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/versioning/ConcurrentDocumentOperationIT.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcke
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ConcurrentDocumentOperationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testConcurrentOperationOnSameDoc() throws Exception {
         logger.info("--> create an index with 1 shard and max replicas based on nodes");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/versioning/SimpleVersioningIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/versioning/SimpleVersioningIT.java
index c5d0129644a..3aaaafe5fa4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/versioning/SimpleVersioningIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/versioning/SimpleVersioningIT.java
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertThro
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThanOrEqualTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class SimpleVersioningIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     public void testExternalVersioningInitialDelete() throws Exception {
         createIndex("test");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/ResourceWatcherServiceTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/ResourceWatcherServiceTests.java
index 82a3a55868a..86bad44fbf1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/ResourceWatcherServiceTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/ResourceWatcherServiceTests.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class ResourceWatcherServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testSettings() throws Exception {
         ThreadPool threadPool = new TestThreadPool("test");
diff --git a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/MatrixStatsAggregationBuilders.java b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/MatrixStatsAggregationBuilders.java
index 10758979ed9..38c412738fc 100644
--- a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/MatrixStatsAggregationBuilders.java
+++ b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/MatrixStatsAggregationBuilders.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.matrix.stats.MatrixStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.matrix.stats.MatrixStatsAggregationBuilder;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MatrixStatsAggregationBuilders {
     /**
      * Create a new {@link MatrixStats} aggregation with the given name.
diff --git a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/MatrixStatsAggregatorFactory.java b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/MatrixStatsAggregatorFactory.java
index 26e7910dcac..2ad23417956 100644
--- a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/MatrixStatsAggregatorFactory.java
+++ b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/MatrixStatsAggregatorFactory.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MatrixStatsAggregatorFactory
     extends MultiValuesSourceAggregatorFactory<ValuesSource.Numeric, MatrixStatsAggregatorFactory> {
 
diff --git a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/MatrixStatsParser.java b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/MatrixStatsParser.java
index ea383b642c2..6e7eef863cb 100644
--- a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/MatrixStatsParser.java
+++ b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/MatrixStatsParser.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.MultiValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.MULTIVALUE_MODE_FIELD;
 
-/**
- */
 public class MatrixStatsParser extends NumericValuesSourceParser {
 
     public MatrixStatsParser() {
diff --git a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/MultiValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.java b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/MultiValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.java
index e3aa171fe3d..8524f7d79b4 100644
--- a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/MultiValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/MultiValuesSourceAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class MultiValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<VS extends ValuesSource, AB extends MultiValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<VS, AB>>
         extends AbstractAggregationBuilder<AB> {
 
diff --git a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/MultiValuesSourceParser.java b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/MultiValuesSourceParser.java
index 0de5e13c058..c99d51c0e8e 100644
--- a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/MultiValuesSourceParser.java
+++ b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/support/MultiValuesSourceParser.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class MultiValuesSourceParser<VS extends ValuesSource> implements Aggregator.Parser {
 
     public abstract static class AnyValuesSourceParser extends MultiValuesSourceParser<ValuesSource> {
diff --git a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/BaseMatrixStatsTestCase.java b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/BaseMatrixStatsTestCase.java
index 2e4fa4313bd..81c9d514636 100644
--- a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/BaseMatrixStatsTestCase.java
+++ b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/BaseMatrixStatsTestCase.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class BaseMatrixStatsTestCase extends ESTestCase {
     protected final int numObs = atLeast(10000);
     protected final ArrayList<Double> fieldA = new ArrayList<>(numObs);
diff --git a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/RunningStatsTests.java b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/RunningStatsTests.java
index f90f00d2a79..ca22e33e6bc 100644
--- a/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/RunningStatsTests.java
+++ b/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/matrix/stats/RunningStatsTests.java
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.matrix.stats;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class RunningStatsTests extends BaseMatrixStatsTestCase {
 
     /** test running stats */
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty3/Netty3InternalESLogger.java b/modules/transport-netty3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty3/Netty3InternalESLogger.java
index 03c9671ad78..667d0c60887 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty3/Netty3InternalESLogger.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty3/Netty3InternalESLogger.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.SuppressLoggerChecks;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.AbstractInternalLogger;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @SuppressLoggerChecks(reason = "safely delegates to logger")
 final class Netty3InternalESLogger extends AbstractInternalLogger {
 
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty3/Netty3Utils.java b/modules/transport-netty3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty3/Netty3Utils.java
index 2cbf92997b4..aea5b31f457 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty3/Netty3Utils.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty3/Netty3Utils.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
-/**
- */
 public class Netty3Utils {
 
     /**
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty3/Netty3PipeliningDisabledIT.java b/modules/transport-netty3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty3/Netty3PipeliningDisabledIT.java
index ab30e5bc902..946be263c7a 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty3/Netty3PipeliningDisabledIT.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty3/Netty3PipeliningDisabledIT.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.http.netty3.Netty3HttpClient.returnOpaqueIds;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, supportsDedicatedMasters = false, numDataNodes = 1)
 public class Netty3PipeliningDisabledIT extends ESNetty3IntegTestCase {
     @Override
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty3/pipelining/HttpPipeliningHandlerTests.java b/modules/transport-netty3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty3/pipelining/HttpPipeliningHandlerTests.java
index 7db2368d344..a97bd57b5a2 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty3/pipelining/HttpPipeliningHandlerTests.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty3/pipelining/HttpPipeliningHandlerTests.java
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ import static org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus.OK;
 import static org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1;
 import static org.jboss.netty.util.CharsetUtil.UTF_8;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class HttpPipeliningHandlerTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     private static final long RESPONSE_TIMEOUT = 10000L;
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-icu/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IcuTransformTokenFilterFactory.java b/plugins/analysis-icu/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IcuTransformTokenFilterFactory.java
index 9cc42e726a5..3adced6ffab 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-icu/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IcuTransformTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-icu/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IcuTransformTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-
-/**
- */
 public class IcuTransformTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory implements MultiTermAwareComponent {
 
     private final String id;
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-icu/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IcuTokenizerFactoryTests.java b/plugins/analysis-icu/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IcuTokenizerFactoryTests.java
index 716d07385b8..ffc6cab6a25 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-icu/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IcuTokenizerFactoryTests.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-icu/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/IcuTokenizerFactoryTests.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 import static org.apache.lucene.analysis.BaseTokenStreamTestCase.assertTokenStreamContents;
 
-/**
- */
 public class IcuTokenizerFactoryTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testSimpleIcuTokenizer() throws IOException {
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-icu/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleIcuAnalysisTests.java b/plugins/analysis-icu/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleIcuAnalysisTests.java
index 86338e0670d..3cd675c221a 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-icu/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleIcuAnalysisTests.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-icu/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleIcuAnalysisTests.java
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
-/**
- */
+
 public class SimpleIcuAnalysisTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testDefaultsIcuAnalysis() throws IOException {
         TestAnalysis analysis = createTestAnalysis(new Index("test", "_na_"), Settings.EMPTY, new AnalysisICUPlugin());
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalyzerProvider.java b/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalyzerProvider.java
index 0c6ab2d3ea6..1776977c8e2 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- */
 public class KuromojiAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<JapaneseAnalyzer> {
 
     private final JapaneseAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiTokenizerFactory.java b/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiTokenizerFactory.java
index 9e41621525a..2f00e68a75e 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 
-/**
- */
 public class KuromojiTokenizerFactory extends AbstractTokenizerFactory {
 
     private static final String USER_DICT_OPTION = "user_dictionary";
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalysisTests.java b/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalysisTests.java
index 2da9416fbdc..c0271c99784 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalysisTests.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-kuromoji/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalysisTests.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
-/**
- */
 public class KuromojiAnalysisTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testDefaultsKuromojiAnalysis() throws IOException {
         TestAnalysis analysis = createTestAnalysis();
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-phonetic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PhoneticTokenFilterFactory.java b/plugins/analysis-phonetic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PhoneticTokenFilterFactory.java
index 75da19c0a3c..ff4ab4943e3 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-phonetic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PhoneticTokenFilterFactory.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-phonetic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PhoneticTokenFilterFactory.java
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.phonetic.HaasePhonetik;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.phonetic.KoelnerPhonetik;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.phonetic.Nysiis;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PhoneticTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {
 
     private final Encoder encoder;
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-phonetic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimplePhoneticAnalysisTests.java b/plugins/analysis-phonetic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimplePhoneticAnalysisTests.java
index b0c23e29abd..127a258f75a 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-phonetic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimplePhoneticAnalysisTests.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-phonetic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimplePhoneticAnalysisTests.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SimplePhoneticAnalysisTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testPhoneticTokenFilterFactory() throws IOException {
         String yaml = "/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/phonetic-1.yml";
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-smartcn/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SmartChineseAnalyzerProvider.java b/plugins/analysis-smartcn/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SmartChineseAnalyzerProvider.java
index 591912b8fa3..3d619c2d306 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-smartcn/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SmartChineseAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-smartcn/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SmartChineseAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 
-/**
- */
 public class SmartChineseAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<SmartChineseAnalyzer> {
 
     private final SmartChineseAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-stempel/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/pl/PolishAnalyzerProvider.java b/plugins/analysis-stempel/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/pl/PolishAnalyzerProvider.java
index d80939cea04..fa5f82ccd30 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-stempel/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/pl/PolishAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-stempel/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/pl/PolishAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PolishAnalyzerProvider extends AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<PolishAnalyzer> {
 
     private final PolishAnalyzer analyzer;
diff --git a/plugins/analysis-stempel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PolishAnalysisTests.java b/plugins/analysis-stempel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PolishAnalysisTests.java
index d0b81f01d01..2e606321f60 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-stempel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PolishAnalysisTests.java
+++ b/plugins/analysis-stempel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/PolishAnalysisTests.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- */
 public class PolishAnalysisTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testDefaultsPolishAnalysis() throws IOException {
         final TestAnalysis analysis = createTestAnalysis(new Index("test", "_na_"), Settings.EMPTY,
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/classic/management/AzureComputeServiceImpl.java b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/classic/management/AzureComputeServiceImpl.java
index 2375db2502b..08fe95045b6 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/classic/management/AzureComputeServiceImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/classic/management/AzureComputeServiceImpl.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AzureComputeServiceImpl extends AbstractLifecycleComponent
     implements AzureComputeService {
 
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/azure/classic/AzureUnicastHostsProvider.java b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/azure/classic/AzureUnicastHostsProvider.java
index ed327a3a727..4172ddc2bb7 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/azure/classic/AzureUnicastHostsProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/azure/classic/AzureUnicastHostsProvider.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AzureUnicastHostsProvider extends AbstractComponent implements UnicastHostsProvider {
 
     public enum HostType {
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/classic/management/AzureComputeServiceAbstractMock.java b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/classic/management/AzureComputeServiceAbstractMock.java
index 02de9db6d69..de63d0d77e6 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/classic/management/AzureComputeServiceAbstractMock.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/classic/management/AzureComputeServiceAbstractMock.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public abstract class AzureComputeServiceAbstractMock extends AbstractLifecycleComponent
     implements AzureComputeService {
 
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AwsEc2ServiceImpl.java b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AwsEc2ServiceImpl.java
index 1a4bf278f3a..4f49a0db1f1 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AwsEc2ServiceImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AwsEc2ServiceImpl.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 
 import java.util.Random;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AwsEc2ServiceImpl extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements AwsEc2Service {
 
     public static final String EC2_METADATA_URL = "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/";
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/AwsEc2UnicastHostsProvider.java b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/AwsEc2UnicastHostsProvider.java
index 6d4fcdc4c8d..0fd6a0bea99 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/AwsEc2UnicastHostsProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/AwsEc2UnicastHostsProvider.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.disjoint;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AwsEc2UnicastHostsProvider extends AbstractComponent implements UnicastHostsProvider {
 
     private final TransportService transportService;
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/discovery/ec2/Ec2DiscoveryPlugin.java b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/discovery/ec2/Ec2DiscoveryPlugin.java
index 7f8e983e52b..715f6e278f7 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/discovery/ec2/Ec2DiscoveryPlugin.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/discovery/ec2/Ec2DiscoveryPlugin.java
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Ec2DiscoveryPlugin extends Plugin implements DiscoveryPlugin {
 
     private static Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(Ec2DiscoveryPlugin.class);
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/Ec2DiscoveryTests.java b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/Ec2DiscoveryTests.java
index b6479f1fdcb..055d9df8465 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/Ec2DiscoveryTests.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/Ec2DiscoveryTests.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class Ec2DiscoveryTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     protected static ThreadPool threadPool;
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-gce/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/gce/GceUnicastHostsProvider.java b/plugins/discovery-gce/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/gce/GceUnicastHostsProvider.java
index 3426e74d4a4..fe0eb005532 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-gce/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/gce/GceUnicastHostsProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-gce/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/gce/GceUnicastHostsProvider.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GceUnicastHostsProvider extends AbstractComponent implements UnicastHostsProvider {
 
     /**
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-gce/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/gce/GceInstancesServiceMock.java b/plugins/discovery-gce/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/gce/GceInstancesServiceMock.java
index 91a37a4d106..d2612ca75ab 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-gce/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/gce/GceInstancesServiceMock.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-gce/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/gce/GceInstancesServiceMock.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class GceInstancesServiceMock extends GceInstancesServiceImpl {
 
     protected HttpTransport mockHttpTransport;
diff --git a/plugins/lang-javascript/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/JavaScriptScriptEngineService.java b/plugins/lang-javascript/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/JavaScriptScriptEngineService.java
index da3d14cd02b..946a15755c8 100644
--- a/plugins/lang-javascript/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/JavaScriptScriptEngineService.java
+++ b/plugins/lang-javascript/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/JavaScriptScriptEngineService.java
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class JavaScriptScriptEngineService extends AbstractComponent implements ScriptEngineService {
 
     public static final String NAME = "javascript";
diff --git a/plugins/lang-javascript/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/support/NativeList.java b/plugins/lang-javascript/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/support/NativeList.java
index dc533e5881e..4ef7f9177c5 100644
--- a/plugins/lang-javascript/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/support/NativeList.java
+++ b/plugins/lang-javascript/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/support/NativeList.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.mozilla.javascript.Wrapper;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class NativeList extends NativeJavaObject implements Scriptable, Wrapper {
     private static final String LENGTH_PROPERTY = "length";
 
diff --git a/plugins/lang-javascript/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/JavaScriptScriptEngineTests.java b/plugins/lang-javascript/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/JavaScriptScriptEngineTests.java
index 84bc97abfbe..7a57005eb33 100644
--- a/plugins/lang-javascript/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/JavaScriptScriptEngineTests.java
+++ b/plugins/lang-javascript/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/javascript/JavaScriptScriptEngineTests.java
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class JavaScriptScriptEngineTests extends ESTestCase {
     private JavaScriptScriptEngineService se;
 
diff --git a/plugins/lang-python/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptEngineService.java b/plugins/lang-python/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptEngineService.java
index d31e691b994..3674a280a6e 100644
--- a/plugins/lang-python/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptEngineService.java
+++ b/plugins/lang-python/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptEngineService.java
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 //TODO we can optimize the case for Map<String, Object> similar to PyStringMap
 public class PythonScriptEngineService extends AbstractComponent implements ScriptEngineService {
 
diff --git a/plugins/lang-python/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptEngineTests.java b/plugins/lang-python/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptEngineTests.java
index b96071e3848..7d771db3051 100644
--- a/plugins/lang-python/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptEngineTests.java
+++ b/plugins/lang-python/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptEngineTests.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PythonScriptEngineTests extends ESTestCase {
     private PythonScriptEngineService se;
 
diff --git a/plugins/lang-python/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptMultiThreadedTests.java b/plugins/lang-python/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptMultiThreadedTests.java
index 0a887bc9a7e..4bd645ac81a 100644
--- a/plugins/lang-python/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptMultiThreadedTests.java
+++ b/plugins/lang-python/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/python/PythonScriptMultiThreadedTests.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class PythonScriptMultiThreadedTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testExecutableNoRuntimeParams() throws Exception {
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/blobstore/AzureBlobContainer.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/blobstore/AzureBlobContainer.java
index 05bb911476a..66671931683 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/blobstore/AzureBlobContainer.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/blobstore/AzureBlobContainer.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class AzureBlobContainer extends AbstractBlobContainer {
 
     protected final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(AzureBlobContainer.class);
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AwsS3Service.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AwsS3Service.java
index 59c3d3445a2..cc8d43868d5 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AwsS3Service.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AwsS3Service.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface AwsS3Service extends LifecycleComponent {
 
     // Global AWS settings (shared between discovery-ec2 and repository-s3)
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/InternalAwsS3Service.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/InternalAwsS3Service.java
index a9091788f28..5a8e83b33e6 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/InternalAwsS3Service.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/InternalAwsS3Service.java
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.getValue;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class InternalAwsS3Service extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements AwsS3Service {
 
     /**
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
index 991e5f9707f..6a03b4bcea5 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class S3BlobStore extends AbstractComponent implements BlobStore {
 
     private final AmazonS3 client;
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AmazonS3Wrapper.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AmazonS3Wrapper.java
index 7cda9ee0947..23c6755652e 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AmazonS3Wrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/AmazonS3Wrapper.java
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @SuppressForbidden(reason = "implements AWS api that uses java.io.File!")
 public class AmazonS3Wrapper implements AmazonS3 {
 
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/TestAmazonS3.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/TestAmazonS3.java
index 37087db386b..33458c0ab7c 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/TestAmazonS3.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/TestAmazonS3.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import static com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedTest.randomDouble;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public class TestAmazonS3 extends AmazonS3Wrapper {
 
     protected final Logger logger = Loggers.getLogger(getClass());
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpTests.java
index bcc430e840c..1c1a3457d7a 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpTests.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 
-/**
- */
 public class S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpTests extends AbstractS3SnapshotRestoreTest {
     @Override
     public Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpsTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpsTests.java
index 8bb53edce54..b888d015836 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpsTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpsTests.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 
-/**
- */
 public class S3SnapshotRestoreOverHttpsTests extends AbstractS3SnapshotRestoreTest {
     @Override
     public Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ESAllocationTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ESAllocationTestCase.java
index af774c8f29f..739371d76df 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ESAllocationTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ESAllocationTestCase.java
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState.INITIALIZING;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.util.CollectionUtils.arrayAsArrayList;
 
-/**
- */
 public abstract class ESAllocationTestCase extends ESTestCase {
     private static final ClusterSettings EMPTY_CLUSTER_SETTINGS =
         new ClusterSettings(Settings.EMPTY, ClusterSettings.BUILT_IN_CLUSTER_SETTINGS);
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AbstractNumericTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AbstractNumericTestCase.java
index 703119a7a14..29457603c1c 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AbstractNumericTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/AbstractNumericTestCase.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 @ESIntegTestCase.SuiteScopeTestCase
 public abstract class AbstractNumericTestCase extends ESIntegTestCase {
     protected static long minValue, maxValue, minValues, maxValues;