diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheck.java
index c6cb9d9c7..bd754a6f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheck.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class JavadocStyleCheck
             "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "i", "img", "ins", "kbd",
             "li", "ol", "p", "pre", "q", "samp", "small", "span", "strong",
             "style", "sub", "sup", "table", "tbody", "td", "tfoot", "th",
-            "thead", "tr", "tt", "u", "ul");
+            "thead", "tr", "tt", "u", "ul", "var");
 
     /** The scope to check. */
     private Scope scope = Scope.PRIVATE;