diff --git a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFColorConverter.java b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFColorConverter.java
index 14aa2540acb..dd35d2e9204 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFColorConverter.java
+++ b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFColorConverter.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public abstract class TIFFColorConverter {
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code result} is
      * {@code null}.
      * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if
-     * {@code result.length < 3}.
+     * {@code result.length < 3}.
      */
     public abstract void fromRGB(float r, float g, float b, float[] result);
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class TIFFColorConverter {
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rgb} is
      * {@code null}.
      * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if
-     * {@code rgb.length&nbsp;&lt;&nbsp;3}.
+     * {@code rgb.length < 3}.
      */
     public abstract void toRGB(float x0, float x1, float x2, float[] rgb);
 }
diff --git a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFDecompressor.java b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFDecompressor.java
index bdd31218e03..f89d0de18b6 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFDecompressor.java
+++ b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFDecompressor.java
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public abstract class TIFFDecompressor {
      * <p> The pixels in the source region to be copied are
      * those with X coordinates of the form {@code activeSrcMinX +
      * k*subsampleX}, where {@code k} is an integer such
-     * that {@code 0 &le; k &lt; dstWidth}.
+     * that {@code 0 <= k < dstWidth}.
      */
     protected int activeSrcMinX;
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public abstract class TIFFDecompressor {
      * <p> The pixels in the source region to be copied are
      * those with Y coordinates of the form {@code activeSrcMinY +
      * k*subsampleY}, where {@code k} is an integer such
-     * that {@code 0 &le; k &lt; dstHeight}.
+     * that {@code 0 <= k < dstHeight}.
      */
     protected int activeSrcMinY;