diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheck.java
index 7c3dd1e84..8c638acb9 100755
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheck.java
@@ -138,8 +138,17 @@ public class JavadocStyleCheck
             return false;
         }
 
-        final DetailAST mods = aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
-        final Scope declaredScope = ScopeUtils.getScopeFromMods(mods);
+        final Scope declaredScope;
+        if (aAST.getType() == TokenTypes.ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF)
+        {
+            declaredScope = Scope.PUBLIC;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            declaredScope = ScopeUtils.getScopeFromMods(
+                aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS));
+        }
+
         final Scope scope =
             ScopeUtils.inInterfaceOrAnnotationBlock(aAST)
             ? Scope.PUBLIC : declaredScope;
diff --git a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputJavadocStyleCheck.java b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputJavadocStyleCheck.java
index f09d4443b..3ad208c29 100755
--- a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputJavadocStyleCheck.java
+++ b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputJavadocStyleCheck.java
@@ -231,4 +231,18 @@ public class InputJavadocStyleCheck
     public void method19()
     {  // should report empty javadoc (no text before see tag)
     }
+
+    public enum Test
+        //Should complain about no javadoc
+    {
+        /**
+         * Value 1 without a period
+         */
+        value1,
+
+        /**
+         * Value 2 with a period.
+         */
+        value2,
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheckTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheckTest.java
index 17b6236be..c502fa626 100755
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocStyleCheckTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class JavadocStyleCheckTest
             "109:39: Extra HTML tag found: </img>",
             "186:8: Unclosed HTML tag found: <blockquote>",
             "193: First sentence should end with a period.",
+            "238: First sentence should end with a period.",
         };
 
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputJavadocStyleCheck.java"), expected);
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public class JavadocStyleCheckTest
             "81: First sentence should end with a period.",
             "88: First sentence should end with a period.",
             "193: First sentence should end with a period.",
+            "238: First sentence should end with a period.",
         };
 
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputJavadocStyleCheck.java"), expected);
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ public class JavadocStyleCheckTest
             "90: Incomplete HTML tag found:     * should fail <",
             "205: Javadoc has empty description section.",
             "230: Javadoc has empty description section.",
+            "238: First sentence should end with a period.",
         };
 
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputJavadocStyleCheck.java"), expected);
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ public class JavadocStyleCheckTest
             "205: Javadoc has empty description section.",
             "211: Javadoc has empty description section.",
             "230: Javadoc has empty description section.",
+            "238: First sentence should end with a period.",
         };
 
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputJavadocStyleCheck.java"), expected);
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ public class JavadocStyleCheckTest
             "211: Javadoc has empty description section.",
             "218: Javadoc has empty description section.",
             "230: Javadoc has empty description section.",
+            "238: First sentence should end with a period.",
         };
 
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputJavadocStyleCheck.java"), expected);