diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/ScoringRewrite.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/ScoringRewrite.java
index 9d02b35e961c..eeee5bc8a449 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/ScoringRewrite.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/ScoringRewrite.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 /** 
  * Base rewrite method that translates each term into a query, and keeps
  * the scores as computed by the query.
- * <p>
- * @lucene.internal Only public to be accessible by spans package. */
+ * @lucene.internal Only public to be accessible by spans package.
+ */
 public abstract class ScoringRewrite<B> extends TermCollectingRewrite<B> {
 
   /** A rewrite method that first translates each term into