diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheck.java
index aa22c60ba..20527fa7e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheck.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
 
 /**
 * <p>
- * Checks that parameter names conform to a format specified
+ * Checks that method and <code>catch</code> parameter names conform to a format specified
  * by the format property. The format is a
  * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern regular expression}
  * and defaults to
diff --git a/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml b/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
index f417cb848..f84615a02 100644
--- a/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
@@ -915,7 +915,8 @@ class MyClass {
     <section name="ParameterName">
       <subsection name="Description">
         <p>
-          Validates identifiers for parameters.
+          Checks that method and <code>catch</code> parameter names conform to a format specified
+          by the format property.
         </p>
       </subsection>