diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtils.java
index 3536f7f35..a00766282 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtils.java
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ public static Method getWriteMethod(final PropertyDescriptor descriptor) {
      * @param bean Bean to be examined (may be a {@link DynaBean}
      * @param name Property name to be evaluated
      * @return {@code true} if the property is readable, otherwise {@code false}
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bean} or {@code name</code> is <code>null}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bean} or {@code name} is {@code null}
      * @see PropertyUtilsBean#isReadable
      * @since 1.6
      */
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ public static boolean isReadable(final Object bean, final String name) {
      * @param bean Bean to be examined (may be a {@link DynaBean}
      * @param name Property name to be evaluated
      * @return {@code true} if the property is writable, otherwise {@code false}
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bean} or {@code name</code> is <code>null}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bean} or {@code name} is {@code null}
      * @see PropertyUtilsBean#isWriteable
      * @since 1.6
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtilsBean.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtilsBean.java
index 0309a15d2..d24f3ea3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtilsBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtilsBean.java
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ private boolean isPropertySuppressed(final String name) {
      * @param bean Bean to be examined (may be a {@link DynaBean}
      * @param name Property name to be evaluated
      * @return {@code true} if the property is readable, otherwise {@code false}
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bean} or {@code name</code> is <code>null}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bean} or {@code name} is {@code null}
      * @since 1.6
      */
     public boolean isReadable(Object bean, String name) {
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ public boolean isReadable(Object bean, String name) {
      * @param bean Bean to be examined (may be a {@link DynaBean}
      * @param name Property name to be evaluated
      * @return {@code true} if the property is writable, otherwise {@code false}
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bean} or {@code name</code> is <code>null}
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bean} or {@code name} is {@code null}
      * @since 1.6
      */
     public boolean isWriteable(Object bean, String name) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/sql/RowSetDynaClass.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/sql/RowSetDynaClass.java
index 8fceb032c..351300e25 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/sql/RowSetDynaClass.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/sql/RowSetDynaClass.java
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ public RowSetDynaClass(final ResultSet resultSet) throws SQLException {
      * be lower cased or not, depending on the specified {@code lowerCase} value.
      * </p>
      *
-     * If {@code limit</code> is not less than 0, max <code>limit} number of rows will be copied into the resultset.
-     *
-     *
      * @param resultSet The result set to be wrapped
      * @param lowerCase Should property names be lower cased?
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code resultSet} is {@code null}
@@ -192,7 +189,7 @@ public RowSetDynaClass(final ResultSet resultSet, final boolean lowerCase, final
      * lower cased.
      * </p>
      *
-     * If {@code limit</code> is not less than 0, max <code>limit} number of rows will be copied into the list.
+     * If {@code limit} is not less than 0, max {@code limit} number of rows will be copied into the list.
      *
      * @param resultSet The result set to be wrapped
      * @param limit     The maximum for the size of the result.