diff --git a/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/gen/ClassGenerator.java b/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/gen/ClassGenerator.java
index 247537b4676..14e8c4fb00a 100644
--- a/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/gen/ClassGenerator.java
+++ b/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/gen/ClassGenerator.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public class ClassGenerator {
                         diagnosticFlags.isEmpty() ?
                           StubKind.DIAGNOSTIC_FLAGS_EMPTY.format() :
                           StubKind.DIAGNOSTIC_FLAGS_NON_EMPTY.format(diagnosticFlags),
-                        StubKind.LINT_CATEGORY.format("\"" + lintCategory + "\""),
+                        StubKind.LINT_CATEGORY.format(toLintFieldName(lintCategory)),
                         "\"" + keyParts[0] + "\"",
                         "\"" + Stream.of(keyParts).skip(2).collect(Collectors.joining(".")) + "\"",
                         javadoc);
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class ClassGenerator {
                             diagnosticFlags.isEmpty() ?
                               StubKind.DIAGNOSTIC_FLAGS_EMPTY.format() :
                               StubKind.DIAGNOSTIC_FLAGS_NON_EMPTY.format(diagnosticFlags),
-                            StubKind.LINT_CATEGORY.format("\"" + lintCategory + "\""),
+                            StubKind.LINT_CATEGORY.format(toLintFieldName(lintCategory)),
                             "\"" + keyParts[0] + "\"",
                             "\"" + Stream.of(keyParts).skip(2).collect(Collectors.joining(".")) + "\"",
                             argNames.stream().collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
@@ -329,6 +329,11 @@ public class ClassGenerator {
         }
     }
 
+    String toLintFieldName(String lintCategory) {
+        return lintCategory.toUpperCase()
+                .replaceAll("-", "_");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Form the name of a factory method/field given a resource key.
      */
diff --git a/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/resources/templates.properties b/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/resources/templates.properties
index 81a9be2552c..f8ff07a878f 100644
--- a/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/resources/templates.properties
+++ b/make/langtools/tools/propertiesparser/resources/templates.properties
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ suppress.warnings=\
   @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")\n
 
 lint.category=\
-  LintCategory.get({0}).get()
+  LintCategory.{0}
 
 diagnostic.flags.empty=\
   EnumSet.noneOf(DiagnosticFlag.class)
diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Lint.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Lint.java
index 3a8b4e5dbea..773c573c201 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Lint.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Lint.java
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.sun.tools.javac.main.Option;
-import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.*;
-import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Assert;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context;
-import com.sun.tools.javac.util.JCDiagnostic.DiagnosticPosition;
-import com.sun.tools.javac.util.JCDiagnostic.LintWarning;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Log;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Names;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Options;
@@ -178,6 +174,14 @@ public class Lint {
 
     /**
      * Categories of warnings that can be generated by the compiler.
+     * Each lint category has a logical name (a string), which is the string used e.g. in a {@code SuppressWarning} annotation.
+     * To ensure automation, the enum field name for a lint category string {@code C} should be obtained by:
+     * <ol>
+     *    <li>capitalize all the letters in {@code C}, and</li>
+     *    <li>replacing any occurrence of {@code -} with {@code _}</li>
+     * </ol>
+     * For instance, the lint category string {@code dangling-doc-comments} corresponds to the enum field
+     * {@code DANGLING_DOC_COMMENTS}.
      */
     public enum LintCategory {
         /**
@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@ public class Lint {
         /**
          * Warn about unchecked operations on raw types.
          */
-        RAW("rawtypes"),
+        RAWTYPES("rawtypes"),
 
         /**
          * Warn about use of deprecated-for-removal items.