diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java
index dc261c3e250..5d50b0d6e4e 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ public class Collections {
      * up to the second, repeatedly swapping a randomly selected element into
      * the "current position".  Elements are randomly selected from the
      * portion of the list that runs from the first element to the current
-     * position, inclusive.<p>
+     * position, inclusive.
      *
      * @implSpec This method runs in linear time.  If the specified list does
      * not implement the {@link RandomAccess} interface and is large, this