diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheck.java
index accc72a6c..60c7ca13b 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheck.java
@@ -812,10 +812,11 @@ public class JavadocMethodCheck extends AbstractTypeAwareCheck
             return false;
         }
 
-        // Check the name matches format getX...
+        // Check the name matches format of getX or isX. Technically I should
+        // check that the format isX is only used with a boolean type.
         final DetailAST type = aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.TYPE);
         final String name = type.getNextSibling().getText();
-        if (!name.matches("^get[A-Z].*")) { // Depends on JDK 1.4
+        if (!name.matches("^(is|get)[A-Z].*")) { // Depends on JDK 1.4
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/javadoc/InputSetterGetter.java b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/javadoc/InputSetterGetter.java
index 85648b585..156eb0546 100755
--- a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/javadoc/InputSetterGetter.java
+++ b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/javadoc/InputSetterGetter.java
@@ -43,4 +43,8 @@ public class InputSetterGetter
         return 666;
     }
 
+    public boolean isSomething()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheckTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheckTest.java
index df98c6f18..0445e17f8 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheckTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ public class JavadocMethodCheckTest extends BaseCheckTestCase
 {
     public void testTags() throws Exception
     {
-        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(JavadocMethodCheck.class);
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
+            createCheckConfig(JavadocMethodCheck.class);
         final String[] expected = {
             "14:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "18: Unused @param tag for 'unused'.",
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ public class JavadocMethodCheckTest extends BaseCheckTestCase
 
     public void testScopeAnonInnerPrivate() throws Exception
     {
-        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(JavadocMethodCheck.class);
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
+            createCheckConfig(JavadocMethodCheck.class);
         checkConfig.addAttribute("scope", Scope.PRIVATE.getName());
         final String[] expected = {};
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputScopeAnonInner.java"), expected);
@@ -324,7 +326,8 @@ public class JavadocMethodCheckTest extends BaseCheckTestCase
             "26:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "30:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "35:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
-            "41:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.", };
+            "41:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "46:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.", };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("javadoc" + File.separator
                                     + "InputSetterGetter.java"), expected);
     }