diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AstTreeStringPrinter.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AstTreeStringPrinter.java
index ab83f8b4d..de61f78c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AstTreeStringPrinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AstTreeStringPrinter.java
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ public final class AstTreeStringPrinter {
         final DetailAST javadocBlock = node.getParent();
         final DetailNode tree = DetailNodeTreeStringPrinter.parseJavadocAsDetailNode(javadocBlock);
 
-        String baseIdentation = getIndentation(node);
-        baseIdentation = baseIdentation.substring(0, baseIdentation.length() - 2);
-        final String rootPrefix = baseIdentation + "   `--";
-        final String prefix = baseIdentation + "       ";
+        String baseIndentation = getIndentation(node);
+        baseIndentation = baseIndentation.substring(0, baseIndentation.length() - 2);
+        final String rootPrefix = baseIndentation + "   `--";
+        final String prefix = baseIndentation + "       ";
         return DetailNodeTreeStringPrinter.printTree(tree, rootPrefix, prefix);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/xdocs/writingjavadocchecks.xml.vm b/src/xdocs/writingjavadocchecks.xml.vm
index f8fc30edc..b6757caab 100644
--- a/src/xdocs/writingjavadocchecks.xml.vm
+++ b/src/xdocs/writingjavadocchecks.xml.vm
@@ -159,44 +159,47 @@ public class MyClass {
       <source><![CDATA[
 CLASS_DEF -> CLASS_DEF [5:0]
 |--MODIFIERS -> MODIFIERS [5:0]
-|   |--JAVADOC -> \r\n * My <b>class</b>.\r\n * @see AbstractClass\r\n <EOF> [1:0]
-|   |   |--NEWLINE -> \r\n [1:0]
-|   |   |--LEADING_ASTERISK ->  * [2:0]
-|   |   |--TEXT ->  My  [2:2]
-|   |   |   |--WS ->   [2:2]
-|   |   |   |--CHAR -> M [2:3]
-|   |   |   |--CHAR -> y [2:4]
-|   |   |   `--WS ->   [2:5]
-|   |   |--HTML_ELEMENT -> <b>class</b> [2:6]
-|   |   |   `--HTML_TAG -> <b>class</b> [2:6]
-|   |   |       |--HTML_ELEMENT_OPEN -> <b> [2:6]
-|   |   |       |   |--OPEN -> < [2:6]
-|   |   |       |   |--HTML_TAG_NAME -> b [2:7]
-|   |   |       |   `--CLOSE -> > [2:8]
-|   |   |       |--TEXT -> class [2:9]
-|   |   |       |   |--CHAR -> c [2:9]
-|   |   |       |   |--CHAR -> l [2:10]
-|   |   |       |   |--CHAR -> a [2:11]
-|   |   |       |   |--CHAR -> s [2:12]
-|   |   |       |   `--CHAR -> s [2:13]
-|   |   |       `--HTML_ELEMENT_CLOSE -> </b> [2:14]
-|   |   |           |--OPEN -> < [2:14]
-|   |   |           |--SLASH -> / [2:15]
-|   |   |           |--HTML_TAG_NAME -> b [2:16]
-|   |   |           `--CLOSE -> > [2:17]
-|   |   |--TEXT -> . [2:18]
-|   |   |   `--CHAR -> . [2:18]
-|   |   |--NEWLINE -> \r\n [2:19]
-|   |   |--LEADING_ASTERISK ->  * [3:0]
-|   |   |--WS ->   [3:2]
-|   |   |--JAVADOC_TAG -> @see AbstractClass\r\n  [3:3]
-|   |   |   |--SEE_LITERAL -> @see [3:3]
-|   |   |   |--WS ->   [3:7]
-|   |   |   |--REFERENCE -> AbstractClass [3:8]
-|   |   |   |   `--CLASS -> AbstractClass [3:8]
-|   |   |   |--NEWLINE -> \r\n [3:21]
-|   |   |   `--WS ->   [4:0]
-|   |   `--EOF -> <EOF> [4:1]
+|   |--BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN -> /* [1:0]
+|   |   |--COMMENT_CONTENT -> *\n * My <b>class</b>.\n * @see AbstractClass\n  [1:2]
+|   |   |   `--JAVADOC -> \n * My <b>class</b>.\n * @see AbstractClass\n <EOF> [1:0]
+|   |   |       |--NEWLINE -> \n [1:0]
+|   |   |       |--LEADING_ASTERISK ->  * [2:0]
+|   |   |       |--TEXT ->  My  [2:2]
+|   |   |       |   |--WS ->   [2:2]
+|   |   |       |   |--CHAR -> M [2:3]
+|   |   |       |   |--CHAR -> y [2:4]
+|   |   |       |   `--WS ->   [2:5]
+|   |   |       |--HTML_ELEMENT -> <b>class</b> [2:6]
+|   |   |       |   `--HTML_TAG -> <b>class</b> [2:6]
+|   |   |       |       |--HTML_ELEMENT_OPEN -> <b> [2:6]
+|   |   |       |       |   |--OPEN -> < [2:6]
+|   |   |       |       |   |--HTML_TAG_NAME -> b [2:7]
+|   |   |       |       |   `--CLOSE -> > [2:8]
+|   |   |       |       |--TEXT -> class [2:9]
+|   |   |       |       |   |--CHAR -> c [2:9]
+|   |   |       |       |   |--CHAR -> l [2:10]
+|   |   |       |       |   |--CHAR -> a [2:11]
+|   |   |       |       |   |--CHAR -> s [2:12]
+|   |   |       |       |   `--CHAR -> s [2:13]
+|   |   |       |       `--HTML_ELEMENT_CLOSE -> </b> [2:14]
+|   |   |       |           |--OPEN -> < [2:14]
+|   |   |       |           |--SLASH -> / [2:15]
+|   |   |       |           |--HTML_TAG_NAME -> b [2:16]
+|   |   |       |           `--CLOSE -> > [2:17]
+|   |   |       |--TEXT -> . [2:18]
+|   |   |       |   `--CHAR -> . [2:18]
+|   |   |       |--NEWLINE -> \n [2:19]
+|   |   |       |--LEADING_ASTERISK ->  * [3:0]
+|   |   |       |--WS ->   [3:2]
+|   |   |       |--JAVADOC_TAG -> @see AbstractClass\n  [3:3]
+|   |   |       |   |--SEE_LITERAL -> @see [3:3]
+|   |   |       |   |--WS ->   [3:7]
+|   |   |       |   |--REFERENCE -> AbstractClass [3:8]
+|   |   |       |   |   `--CLASS -> AbstractClass [3:8]
+|   |   |       |   |--NEWLINE -> \n [3:21]
+|   |   |       |   `--WS ->   [4:0]
+|   |   |       `--EOF -> <EOF> [4:1]
+|   |   `--BLOCK_COMMENT_END -> */ [4:1]
 |   `--LITERAL_PUBLIC -> public [5:0]
 |--LITERAL_CLASS -> class [5:7]
 |--IDENT -> MyClass [5:13]