diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java
index 7199dd59476..68362980a04 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ public class MethodHandles {
          * before calling this factory method.
          *
          * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bytes} is not a class or interface or
-         * {@bytes} denotes a class in a different package than the lookup class
+         * {@code bytes} denotes a class in a different package than the lookup class
          */
         private ClassDefiner makeClassDefiner(byte[] bytes) {
             ClassFile cf = ClassFile.newInstance(bytes, lookupClass().getPackageName());
@@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@ public class MethodHandles {
          * @return ClassDefiner that defines a hidden class of the given bytes.
          *
          * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bytes} is not a class or interface or
-         * {@bytes} denotes a class in a different package than the lookup class
+         * {@code bytes} denotes a class in a different package than the lookup class
          */
         ClassDefiner makeHiddenClassDefiner(byte[] bytes) {
             ClassFile cf = ClassFile.newInstance(bytes, lookupClass().getPackageName());
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ public class MethodHandles {
          * @return ClassDefiner that defines a hidden class of the given bytes and options
          *
          * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code bytes} is not a class or interface or
-         * {@bytes} denotes a class in a different package than the lookup class
+         * {@code bytes} denotes a class in a different package than the lookup class
          */
         ClassDefiner makeHiddenClassDefiner(byte[] bytes,
                                             Set<ClassOption> options,
@@ -5182,7 +5182,7 @@ assert((int)twice.invokeExact(21) == 42);
      * @return a method handle which inserts an additional argument,
      *         before calling the original method handle
      * @throws NullPointerException if the target or the {@code values} array is null
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if (@code pos) is less than {@code 0} or greater than
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or greater than
      *         {@code N - L} where {@code N} is the arity of the target method handle and {@code L}
      *         is the length of the values array.
      * @throws ClassCastException if an argument does not match the corresponding bound parameter