diff --git a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventReader.java b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventReader.java
index 97d20767055..3788fad0227 100644
--- a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventReader.java
+++ b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventReader.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public interface XMLEventReader extends Iterator {
    * Get the next XMLEvent
    * @see XMLEvent
    * @throws XMLStreamException if there is an error with the underlying XML.
-   * @throws NoSuchElementException iteration has no more elements.
+   * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException iteration has no more elements.
    */
   public XMLEvent nextEvent() throws XMLStreamException;
 
diff --git a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/events/XMLEvent.java b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/events/XMLEvent.java
index 4f980121988..338b5cbff72 100644
--- a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/events/XMLEvent.java
+++ b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/events/XMLEvent.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public interface XMLEvent extends javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants {
    * infoset expressed.
    *
    * @param writer The writer that will output the data
-   * @throws XMLStreamException if there is a fatal error writing the event
+   * @throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException if there is a fatal error writing the event
    */
   public void writeAsEncodedUnicode(Writer writer)
     throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;