diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/design/FinalClassCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/design/FinalClassCheck.java
index 2e07b8e6354..ef12f833a82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/design/FinalClassCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/design/FinalClassCheck.java
@@ -31,16 +31,18 @@
 
 /**
  * <p>
- * Checks that class which has only private ctors
+ * Checks that a class which has only private constructors
  * is declared as final. Doesn't check for classes nested in interfaces
  * or annotations, as they are always {@code final} there.
  * </p>
  * <p>
- * An example of how to configure the check is:
+ * To configure the check:
  * </p>
  * <pre>
- * &lt;module name="FinalClass"/&gt;
+ * &lt;module name=&quot;FinalClass&quot;/&gt;
  * </pre>
+ *
+ * @since 3.1
  */
 @FileStatefulCheck
 public class FinalClassCheck
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/XdocsJavaDocsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/XdocsJavaDocsTest.java
index 4696c401012..d52181ec5c3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/XdocsJavaDocsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/XdocsJavaDocsTest.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public class XdocsJavaDocsTest extends AbstractModuleTestSupport {
         "EqualsHashCode",
         "ExplicitInitialization",
         "FallThrough",
+        "FinalClass",
         "FinalLocalVariable",
         "HiddenField",
         "IllegalCatch",
diff --git a/src/xdocs/config_design.xml b/src/xdocs/config_design.xml
index 9f521e069d4..e8d970c8eb1 100644
--- a/src/xdocs/config_design.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/config_design.xml
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ public class FooTest {
     </section>
 
     <section name="FinalClass">
+      <p>Since Checkstyle 3.1</p>
       <subsection name="Description" id="FinalClass_Description">
-        <p>Since Checkstyle 3.1</p>
         <p>
           Checks that a class which has only private constructors is declared
           as final. Doesn't check for classes nested in interfaces