Merge branch 'pr-1737'

docs/pages/release_notes.md

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ The designer will still be shipped with PMD's binaries.
     *   [#1721](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1721): \[doc] Documentation provides an invalid property configuration example
 *   java-bestpractices
     *   [#1701](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1701): \[java] UseTryWithResources does not handle multiple argument close methods
+*   java-codestyle
+    *   [#1674](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1674): \[java] documentation of CommentDefaultAccessModifier is wrong
 
 ### API Changes
 
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ The designer will still be shipped with PMD's binaries.
 *   [#1709](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1709): \[java] Detect while loops with literal booleans conditions - [David Burström](https://github.com/davidburstromspotify)
 *   [#1717](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1717): \[java] Fix false positive in useTryWithResources when using a custom close method with multiple arguments - [Rishabh Jain](https://github.com/jainrish)
 *   [#1724](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1724): \[doc] Correct property override example - [Felix W. Dekker](https://github.com/FWDekker)
+*   [#1737](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1737): \[java] fix escaping of CommentDefaultAccessModifier documentation - [itaigilo](https://github.com/itaigilo)
 
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pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/codestyle.xml

@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public class Éléphant {}
         <description>
 To avoid mistakes if we want that a Method, Constructor, Field or Nested class have a default access modifier
 we must add a comment at the beginning of it's declaration.
-By default the comment must be /* default */ or /* package */, if you want another, you have to provide a regular expression.
+By default the comment must be `/* default */` or `/* package */`, if you want another, you have to provide a regular expression.
 This rule ignores by default all cases that have a @VisibleForTesting annotation. Use the
 property "ignoredAnnotations" to customize the recognized annotations.
         </description>