diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPClassInstance.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPClassInstance.java
index 137c05009b7..4de2198aca1 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPClassInstance.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPClassInstance.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.CPPTemplates;
 
 /**
  * The result of instantiating a class template or an explicit specialization of a class template.
+ * The {@link #isExplicitSpecialization()} method is used to distinguish between the two cases.
  */
 public class CPPClassInstance extends CPPClassSpecialization implements ICPPTemplateInstance {
 	private final ICPPTemplateArgument[] arguments;
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPConstructorSpecialization.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPConstructorSpecialization.java
index 8eddb4174ea..9a8837623e0 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPConstructorSpecialization.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPConstructorSpecialization.java
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPFunctionType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPTemplateParameterMap;
 
 /**
- * Specialization of a constructor for a class-template or class-template specialization
+ * Specialization of a constructor for a class-template or class-template specialization.
  */
-public class CPPConstructorSpecialization extends CPPMethodSpecialization
-		implements ICPPConstructor {
+public class CPPConstructorSpecialization extends CPPMethodSpecialization implements ICPPConstructor {
 
 	public CPPConstructorSpecialization(ICPPConstructor orig, ICPPClassType owner,
 			ICPPTemplateParameterMap argMap, ICPPFunctionType type, IType[] exceptionSpecs) {
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPClassInstance.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPClassInstance.java
index 11806a1be78..bd3c546446d 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPClassInstance.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPClassInstance.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 
 /**
  * The result of instantiating a class template or an explicit specialization of a class template.
+ * The {@link #isExplicitSpecialization()} method is used to distinguish between the two cases.
  */
 class PDOMCPPClassInstance extends PDOMCPPClassSpecialization implements ICPPTemplateInstance {
 	private static final int ARGUMENTS = PDOMCPPClassSpecialization.RECORD_SIZE + 0;