diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 1e215b2cd9..60945f1852 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 
 ### Fixed Issues
 
+*   java-bestpractices
+    *   [#1555](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1555): \[java] UnusedImports false positive for method parameter type in @see Javadoc
 *   java-codestyle
     *   [#1547](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1547): \[java] AtLeastOneConstructorRule: false-positive with lombok.AllArgsConstructor
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 ### External Contributions
 
 *   [#1623](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1623): \[java] Fix lombok.AllArgsConstructor support - [Bobby Wertman](https://github.com/CasualSuperman)
+*   [#1625](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1625): \[java] UnusedImports false positive for method parameter type in @see Javadoc - [Shubham](https://github.com/Shubham-2k17)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
 
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/UnusedImportsRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/UnusedImportsRule.java
index 29516d0862..402b4d14f9 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/UnusedImportsRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/UnusedImportsRule.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class UnusedImportsRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
      * @throws package.class label
      */
     private static final Pattern SEE_PATTERN = Pattern
-            .compile("@see\\s+(\\p{Alpha}\\w*)(?:#\\w*(?:\\(([\\w\\s,]*)\\))?)?");
+            .compile("@see\\s+(\\p{Alpha}?+\\w*)(?:#\\w*(?:\\(([\\w\\s,]*)\\))?)?");
 
     private static final Pattern LINK_PATTERNS = Pattern
             .compile("\\{@link(?:plain)?\\s+(\\p{Alpha}\\w*)(?:#\\w*(?:\\(([.\\w\\s,]*)\\))?)?[\\s\\}]");
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/UnusedImports.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/UnusedImports.xml
index 223783eb2c..e01caa625e 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/UnusedImports.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/UnusedImports.xml
@@ -452,6 +452,22 @@ public class Imports {
         i = g3(i);
         return i;
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1625 [java] UnusedImports false positive for method parameter type in @see Javadoc</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.bestpractices.unusedimports;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+public class Derived extends FileInputStream {
+    /** @see #FileInputStream(File) */
+    void main() {}
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>