diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/ColumnDefault.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/ColumnDefault.java
index be2f030f2de9..0e91414e88c7 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/ColumnDefault.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/ColumnDefault.java
@@ -22,11 +22,19 @@
  *         the defaulted value of a database column.
  * </ul>
  * <p>
+ * For example, this field will be populated with the value {@code "new"} by
+ * the database when the entity is inserted:
+ * <pre>
+ * &#064;Generated &#064;ColumnDefault(value = "'new'")
+ * private String status;
+ * </pre>
+ * <p>
  * If {@code @Generated} is not used, a {@code default} value can cause state
  * held in memory to lose synchronization with the database.
  *
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  *
+ * @see Generated
  * @see GeneratedColumn
  * @see DialectOverride.ColumnDefault
  */
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Formula.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Formula.java
index 3ee1ab2eb9f2..7e70d72cf66c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Formula.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Formula.java
@@ -45,14 +45,16 @@
  * a formula may involve columns of the primary table, or columns of any one of the
  * secondary tables. But it may not involve columns of more than one table.
  * <p>
- * The {@link ColumnTransformer} annotation is an alternative in certain cases, allowing
- * the use of native SQL to read <em>and write</em> values to a column.
+ * The {@link ColumnTransformer @ColumnTransformer} annotation is an alternative in
+ * certain cases, allowing the use of native SQL to read <em>and write</em> values to
+ * a column.
  * <pre>
  * // it might be better to use &#64;ColumnTransformer in this case
  * &#064;Formula("decrypt(credit_card_num)")
  * String getCreditCardNumber() { ... }
  * </pre>
  *
+ * @see Generated
  * @see ColumnTransformer
  * @see DiscriminatorFormula
  * @see JoinFormula
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Generated.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Generated.java
index 0afd8eed74b5..677ee698b413 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Generated.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Generated.java
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
  * <ul>
  * <li>a database table has a column value populated by a database trigger,
  * <li>a mapped column has a default value defined in DDL, in which case
- *     {@code @Generated} is used in conjunction with {@link ColumnDefault},
+ *     {@code @Generated} is used in conjunction with the
+ *     {@link ColumnDefault @ColumnDefault} annotation,
  * <li>a {@linkplain #sql() SQL expression} is used to compute the value of
  *     a mapped column,
  * <li>a custom SQL {@link SQLInsert insert} or {@link SQLUpdate update}
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
  *     property of the entity, or {@linkplain #writable transforms} the
  *     value currently assigned to the annotated property, or
  * <li>there is no mapped column, and the value of the field is determined
- *     by evaluating a SQL {@link Formula}.
+ *     by evaluating a SQL {@link Formula @Formula}.
  * </ul>
  * <p>
  * On the other hand: