diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/LanguageRegistry.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/LanguageRegistry.java
index 3adf16c8fb..9b98b55f77 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/LanguageRegistry.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/LanguageRegistry.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public final class LanguageRegistry implements Iterable<Language> {
      *
      * @return A language, or null if the name is unknown
      *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getLanguageByFullName(String) PMD.getLanguageByFullName}
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #getLanguageByFullName(String) LanguageRegistry.PMD.getLanguageByFullName}
      */
     @Deprecated
     @DeprecatedUntil700
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public final class LanguageRegistry implements Iterable<Language> {
      *
      * @return A language, or null if the name is unknown
      *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getLanguageById(String) PMD.getLanguageById}.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #getLanguageById(String) LanguageRegistry.PMD.getLanguageById}.
      */
     @Deprecated
     @DeprecatedUntil700