diff --git a/config/checkstyle/graphql-codegen-check-style.xml b/config/checkstyle/graphql-codegen-check-style.xml
index 251683368..c9ccfb2ff 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/graphql-codegen-check-style.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/graphql-codegen-check-style.xml
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
                       value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF"/>
         </module>
         <module name="JavadocMethod">
-            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+            <property name="accessModifiers" value="public"/>
             <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>