diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/PrivateKey.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/PrivateKey.java
index 40f112aa2fd..7d8a7ea7041 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/PrivateKey.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/PrivateKey.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ package java.security;
  * sensitive key information to be destroyed, cleared, or in the case
  * where such information is immutable, unreferenced.
  * Finally, since {@code PrivateKey} is {@code Serializable}, implementations
- * should also override {@link java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject}
+ * should also override
+ * {@link java.io.ObjectOutputStream#writeObject(java.lang.Object)}
  * to prevent keys that have been destroyed from being serialized.
  *
  * @see Key
diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/crypto/SecretKey.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/crypto/SecretKey.java
index c32eb7108b6..e03639ab42a 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/crypto/SecretKey.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/crypto/SecretKey.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ package javax.crypto;
  * sensitive key information to be destroyed, cleared, or in the case
  * where such information is immutable, unreferenced.
  * Finally, since {@code SecretKey} is {@code Serializable}, implementations
- * should also override {@link java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject}
+ * should also override
+ * {@link java.io.ObjectOutputStream#writeObject(java.lang.Object)}
  * to prevent keys that have been destroyed from being serialized.
  *
  * <p>Keys that implement this interface return the string {@code RAW}