diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotations.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotations.java
index 97ce25598a..dc3452e70f 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotations.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotations.java
@@ -414,10 +414,9 @@ public interface MergedAnnotations extends Iterable<MergedAnnotation<Annotation>
 	 * {@link MergedAnnotations} instance to be created from annotations that
 	 * are not necessarily loaded using reflection. The provided annotations
 	 * must all be {@link MergedAnnotation#isDirectlyPresent() directly present}
-	 * and must have a {@link MergedAnnotation#getAggregateIndex() aggregate
+	 * and must have an {@link MergedAnnotation#getAggregateIndex() aggregate
 	 * index} of {@code 0}.
-	 * <p>
-	 * The resulting {@link MergedAnnotations} instance will contain both the
+	 * <p>The resulting {@link MergedAnnotations} instance will contain both the
 	 * specified annotations, and any meta-annotations that can be read using
 	 * reflection.
 	 * @param annotations the annotations to include