diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PropertiesExpander.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PropertiesExpander.java
index 13b41569b..c42d0919e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PropertiesExpander.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PropertiesExpander.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public final class PropertiesExpander
      * @param properties the underlying properties to use for
      *     property resolution.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException indicates null was passed
+     * @noinspection CollectionDeclaredAsConcreteClass
      */
     public PropertiesExpander(Properties properties) {
         if (properties == null) {