diff --git a/apitools/org.eclipse.pde.api.tools/src/org/eclipse/pde/api/tools/internal/builder/Reference.java b/apitools/org.eclipse.pde.api.tools/src/org/eclipse/pde/api/tools/internal/builder/Reference.java
index e9643dabbd..b6fc3d64cd 100644
--- a/apitools/org.eclipse.pde.api.tools/src/org/eclipse/pde/api/tools/internal/builder/Reference.java
+++ b/apitools/org.eclipse.pde.api.tools/src/org/eclipse/pde/api/tools/internal/builder/Reference.java
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ private boolean resolveField(IApiType type, String fieldame) throws CoreExceptio
 	 * @param typeName referenced type name
 	 * @param methodName referenced method name
 	 * @param methodSignature referenced method signature
-	 * @returns whether the lookup succeeded
+	 * @return whether the lookup succeeded
 	 * @throws CoreException if something goes terribly wrong
 	 */
 	private boolean resolveVirtualMethod(IApiType type, String methodName, String methodSignature) throws CoreException {
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ boolean resolveInterfaceMethod(IApiType type, String methodName, String methodSi
 	 * @param typeName referenced type name
 	 * @param methodName referenced method name
 	 * @param methodSignature referenced method signature
-	 * @returns whether the lookup succeeded
+	 * @return whether the lookup succeeded
 	 * @throws CoreException if something goes terribly wrong
 	 */
 	private boolean resolveMethod(IApiComponent sourceComponent, IApiType type, String methodName, String methodSignature) throws CoreException {
diff --git a/apitools/org.eclipse.pde.api.tools/src/org/eclipse/pde/api/tools/internal/util/TarFile.java b/apitools/org.eclipse.pde.api.tools/src/org/eclipse/pde/api/tools/internal/util/TarFile.java
index 835b8bf96e..051304e65d 100644
--- a/apitools/org.eclipse.pde.api.tools/src/org/eclipse/pde/api/tools/internal/util/TarFile.java
+++ b/apitools/org.eclipse.pde.api.tools/src/org/eclipse/pde/api/tools/internal/util/TarFile.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ private long headerChecksum(byte[] header) {
 		 * Skips ahead to the position of the given entry in the file.
 		 *
 		 * @param entry
-		 * @returns false if the entry has already been passed
+		 * @return false if the entry has already been passed
 		 * @throws TarException
 		 * @throws IOException
 		 */
diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.launching/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/launching/launcher/LaunchListener.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.launching/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/launching/launcher/LaunchListener.java
index 5fbb79f273..530bada447 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.launching/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/launching/launcher/LaunchListener.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.launching/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/launching/launcher/LaunchListener.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ private void launchTerminated(final ILaunch launch, int returnValue) throws Core
 	 * It's ".metadala/.log", file with most recent timestamp ending with ".log"
 	 * in configuration location or null if none found.
 	 *
-	 * @returns log file or null
+	 * @return log file or null
 	 * @since 3.4
 	 */
 	public static File getMostRecentLogFile(ILaunchConfiguration configuration) throws CoreException {