diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/errorparsers/ErrorPattern.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/errorparsers/ErrorPattern.java
index 5c77557298f..e3cadd916d4 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/errorparsers/ErrorPattern.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/errorparsers/ErrorPattern.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class ErrorPattern {
 	
 	/**
 	 * @param matcher - matcher to parse the input line.
-	 * @return parsed file name or {code null}.
+	 * @return parsed file name or {@code null}.
 	 */
 	public String getFileName(Matcher matcher) {
 		return groupFileName != 0 ? matcher.group(groupFileName) : null;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class ErrorPattern {
 	
 	/**
 	 * @param matcher - matcher to parse the input line.
-	 * @return parsed description or {code null}.
+	 * @return parsed description or {@code null}.
 	 */
 	public String getDesc(Matcher matcher) {
 		return groupDesc != 0 ? matcher.group(groupDesc) : null;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class ErrorPattern {
 	
 	/**
 	 * @param matcher - matcher to parse the input line.
-	 * @return parsed variable name or {code null}.
+	 * @return parsed variable name or {@code null}.
 	 */
 	public String getVarName(Matcher matcher) {
 		return groupVarName != 0 ? matcher.group(groupVarName) : null;