diff --git a/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclint/Checker.java b/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclint/Checker.java
index 061b05db6a9..2a4b6332f60 100644
--- a/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclint/Checker.java
+++ b/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclint/Checker.java
@@ -492,15 +492,21 @@ public class Checker extends DocTreePathScanner<Void, Void> {
                     case START_ELEMENT -> {
                         if (top.tag.blockType == HtmlTag.BlockType.INLINE) {
                             Name name = ((StartElementTree) top.tree).getName();
-                            env.messages.error(HTML, tree, "dc.tag.not.allowed.inline.element",
-                                    treeName, name);
+                            // Links may use block display style so issue warning instead of error
+                            if ("a".equalsIgnoreCase(name.toString())) {
+                                env.messages.warning(HTML, tree, "dc.tag.not.allowed.element.default.style",
+                                        treeName, name);
+                            } else {
+                                env.messages.error(HTML, tree, "dc.tag.not.allowed.inline.element",
+                                        treeName, name);
+                            }
                             return;
                         }
                     }
 
                     case LINK, LINK_PLAIN -> {
                         String name = top.tree.getKind().tagName;
-                        env.messages.error(HTML, tree, "dc.tag.not.allowed.inline.tag",
+                        env.messages.warning(HTML, tree, "dc.tag.not.allowed.tag.default.style",
                                 treeName, name);
                         return;
                     }
diff --git a/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclint/resources/doclint.properties b/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclint/resources/doclint.properties
index ad797dc107f..f199b181c37 100644
--- a/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclint/resources/doclint.properties
+++ b/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclint/resources/doclint.properties
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ dc.tag.nested.tag=nested tag: {0}
 dc.tag.not.allowed.here = tag not allowed here: <{0}>
 dc.tag.not.allowed = element not allowed in documentation comments: <{0}>
 dc.tag.not.allowed.inline.element = block element not allowed within inline element <{1}>: {0}
-dc.tag.not.allowed.inline.tag = block element not allowed within @{1}: {0}
-dc.tag.not.allowed.inline.other = block element not allowed here: {0}
+dc.tag.not.allowed.element.default.style = block element <{0}> not allowed within element <{1}> with default style
+dc.tag.not.allowed.tag.default.style = block element <{0}> not allowed within @{1} with default style
 dc.tag.not.closed= element not closed: {0}
 dc.tag.p.in.pre= unexpected use of <p> inside <pre> element
 dc.tag.requires.heading = heading not found for </{0}>
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/doclint/HtmlTagsTest.java b/test/langtools/tools/doclint/HtmlTagsTest.java
index cb0aa2eb984..b7463fc4a31 100644
--- a/test/langtools/tools/doclint/HtmlTagsTest.java
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/doclint/HtmlTagsTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
- * @bug 8004832 8247957
+ * @bug 8004832 8247957 8292157
  * @summary Add new doclint package
  * @modules jdk.javadoc/jdk.javadoc.internal.doclint
  * @build DocLintTester
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class HtmlTagsTest {
 
     /**
      * <span> <p> </span>
+     * <a> <p> </a>
      */
     public void not_allowed_inline() { }
 
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/doclint/HtmlTagsTest.out b/test/langtools/tools/doclint/HtmlTagsTest.out
index 8e8b1441888..e95ca3e7c4e 100644
--- a/test/langtools/tools/doclint/HtmlTagsTest.out
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/doclint/HtmlTagsTest.out
@@ -19,35 +19,41 @@ HtmlTagsTest.java:34: error: block element not allowed within inline element <sp
 HtmlTagsTest.java:34: warning: empty <p> tag
      * <span> <p> </span>
               ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:39: error: block element not allowed within @link: p
+HtmlTagsTest.java:35: warning: block element <p> not allowed within element <a> with default style
+     * <a> <p> </a>
+           ^
+HtmlTagsTest.java:35: warning: empty <p> tag
+     * <a> <p> </a>
+           ^
+HtmlTagsTest.java:40: warning: block element <p> not allowed within @link with default style
      * {@link java.lang.String <p> }
                                ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:40: error: block element not allowed within @link: p
+HtmlTagsTest.java:41: warning: block element <p> not allowed within @link with default style
      * {@link java.lang.String <p> }
                                ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:45: error: invalid end tag: </img>
+HtmlTagsTest.java:46: error: invalid end tag: </img>
      * <img src="any.jpg" alt="alt"> </img>
                                      ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:50: error: end tag missing: </b>
+HtmlTagsTest.java:51: error: end tag missing: </b>
      * <i> <b> </i>
            ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:55: error: unexpected end tag: </b>
+HtmlTagsTest.java:56: error: unexpected end tag: </b>
      * <i> </b> </i>
            ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:55: warning: empty <i> tag
+HtmlTagsTest.java:56: warning: empty <i> tag
      * <i> </b> </i>
                 ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:60: error: text not allowed in <ul> element
+HtmlTagsTest.java:61: error: text not allowed in <ul> element
      * <ul> text <li> ... </li> </ul>
            ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:65: error: tag not allowed here: <b>
+HtmlTagsTest.java:66: error: tag not allowed here: <b>
      * <ul> <b>text</b> <li> ... </li> </ul>
             ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:70: error: text not allowed in <ul> element
+HtmlTagsTest.java:71: error: text not allowed in <ul> element
      * <ul> &amp; <li> ... </li> </ul>
             ^
-HtmlTagsTest.java:75: error: text not allowed in <ul> element
+HtmlTagsTest.java:76: error: text not allowed in <ul> element
      * <ul> *@/ <li> ... </li> </ul>
            ^
-15 errors
-2 warnings
+13 errors
+6 warnings