diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FullIdent.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FullIdent.java
index 1d6dcae62..0a11dcc87 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FullIdent.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FullIdent.java
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:oliver@puppycrawl.com">Oliver Burn</a>
  **/
-public class FullIdent
+public final class FullIdent
 {
-    // TODO: We should hide public default constructor.
-
     /** the string **/
     private final StringBuffer mBuffer = new StringBuffer();
     /** the line number **/
@@ -42,6 +40,11 @@ public class FullIdent
     /** the column number **/
     private int mColNo;
 
+    /** hide default constructor */
+    private FullIdent()
+    {
+    }
+
     /** @return the text **/
     public String getText()
     {
@@ -112,7 +115,6 @@ public class FullIdent
      */
     private static void extractFullIdent(FullIdent aFull, DetailAST aAST)
     {
-        // A guard to be paranoid
         if (aAST == null) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/JavadocMethodCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/JavadocMethodCheck.java
index 6f088ba81..2bd80ac1a 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/JavadocMethodCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/JavadocMethodCheck.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class JavadocMethodCheck
     /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check */
     public void beginTree()
     {
-        mPackageFullIdent = new FullIdent();
+        mPackageFullIdent = FullIdent.createFullIdent(null);
         mImports.clear();
     }