Missing Javadoc

Reports missing Javadoc comments and tags.

Example:

  /**
   * Missing "@param" is reported (if configured).
   */
  public void sample(int param){
  }

The quick-fixes add missing tag or missing Javadoc comment:

  /**
   * Missing "@param" is reported (if configured).
   * @param param
   */
  public void sample(int param){
  }

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

MissingJavadoc

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | Javadoc

Inspection can be configured to ignore deprecated elements or simple accessor methods like getField() or setField().

You can also use options below to configure required tags and minimal required visibility for the specific code elements like method, field, class, package, module.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Missing Javadoc inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore elements marked as @deprecated: Default value:
Not selected
Ignore simple property accessors: Default value:
Not selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection MissingJavadoc

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025