diff --git a/appengine/java/com/google/auth/appengine/AppEngineCredentials.java b/appengine/java/com/google/auth/appengine/AppEngineCredentials.java
index 4789fd6ba..dbae97052 100644
--- a/appengine/java/com/google/auth/appengine/AppEngineCredentials.java
+++ b/appengine/java/com/google/auth/appengine/AppEngineCredentials.java
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ public class AppEngineCredentials extends GoogleCredentials implements ServiceAc
   private transient AppIdentityService appIdentityService;
 
   /**
-   * {@inheritDoc}
-   *
    * @deprecated AppEngineCredentials should be instantiated via its Builder. See
    *     https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-java#google-auth-library-appengine
    */
@@ -82,8 +80,6 @@ public static GoogleCredentials getApplicationDefault() throws IOException {
   }
 
   /**
-   * {@inheritDoc}
-   *
    * @deprecated AppEngineCredentials should be instantiated via its Builder. See
    *     https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-java#google-auth-library-appengine
    */