diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
index e0aa57d31..905da7b8b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  * @author duncan@x180.com
  * @author rubys@us.ibm.com
  *
- * @deprecated delegate to {@link * org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute Execute} instead.
+ * @deprecated delegate to {@link org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute Execute} instead.
  */
 public class Exec extends Task {
     private String os;