diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ad8a4514..d769c674c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocStyleCheck</pattern><branchRate>89</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocTagContinuationIndentationCheck</pattern><branchRate>81</branchRate><lineRate>86</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocTypeCheck</pattern><branchRate>95</branchRate><lineRate>93</lineRate></regex>
-            <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocUtils</pattern><branchRate>94</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
+            <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocUtils</pattern><branchRate>94</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.SummaryJavadocCheck</pattern><branchRate>93</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.TagParser</pattern><branchRate>92</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.WriteTagCheck</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>91</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Utils.java
index 235d03d28..8b6c551a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Utils.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public final class Utils {
             }
 
             final String name = f.getName();
-            final int tokenValue = getTokenFieldValue(f, name);
+            final int tokenValue = getIntFromField(f, name);
             builder.put(name, tokenValue);
             if (tokenValue > tempTokenValueToName.length - 1) {
                 final String[] temp = new String[tokenValue + 1];
@@ -365,19 +365,21 @@ public final class Utils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * That method exists as workaround for code-coverage 100% target to let test
-     * catch block (originally it was in static area).
-     * @param field token field
-     * @param name token name
-     * @return value of field
+     * Gets the value of a static or instance field of type int or of another primitive type
+     * convertible to type int via a widening conversion. Does not throw any checked exceptions.
+     * @param field from which the int should be extracted
+     * @param object to extract the int value from
+     * @return the value of the field converted to type int
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if this Field object is enforcing Java language access control
+     *         and the underlying field is inaccessible
+     * @see Field#getInt(Object)
      */
-    private static int getTokenFieldValue(Field field, String name) {
+    public static int getIntFromField(Field field, Object object) {
         try {
-            return field.getInt(name);
+            return field.getInt(object);
         }
-        catch (final IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException e) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(
-                    "Failed to instantiate collection of Java tokens", e);
+        catch (final IllegalAccessException exception) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(exception);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocUtils.java
index 45494f13a..9bf4e442b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocUtils.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Utils;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailNode;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.JavadocTagInfo;
@@ -62,25 +63,18 @@ public final class JavadocUtils {
 
             final String name = f.getName();
 
-            try {
-                final int tokenValue = f.getInt(name);
-                builder.put(name, tokenValue);
-                if (tokenValue > tempTokenValueToName.length - 1) {
-                    final String[] temp = new String[tokenValue + 1];
-                    System.arraycopy(tempTokenValueToName, 0, temp, 0, tempTokenValueToName.length);
-                    tempTokenValueToName = temp;
-                }
-                if (tokenValue == -1) {
-                    tempTokenValueToName[0] = name;
-                }
-                else {
-                    tempTokenValueToName[tokenValue] = name;
-                }
+            final int tokenValue = Utils.getIntFromField(f, name);
+            builder.put(name, tokenValue);
+            if (tokenValue > tempTokenValueToName.length - 1) {
+                final String[] temp = new String[tokenValue + 1];
+                System.arraycopy(tempTokenValueToName, 0, temp, 0, tempTokenValueToName.length);
+                tempTokenValueToName = temp;
             }
-            catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
-                // rethrow as unchecked exception
-                throw new IllegalStateException(
-                    "Failed to instantiate collection of Javadoc tokens", ex);
+            if (tokenValue == -1) {
+                tempTokenValueToName[0] = name;
+            }
+            else {
+                tempTokenValueToName[tokenValue] = name;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/UtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/UtilsTest.java
index 39327dff4..253742beb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/UtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/UtilsTest.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.Dictionary;
 
@@ -171,6 +169,25 @@ public class UtilsTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetIntFromAccessibleField() throws NoSuchFieldException {
+        Field field = Integer.class.getField("MAX_VALUE");
+
+        assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, Utils.getIntFromField(field, 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetIntFromInaccessibleField() throws NoSuchFieldException {
+        Field field = Integer.class.getDeclaredField("value");
+
+        try {
+            Utils.getIntFromField(field, 0);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalStateException expected) {
+            // expected
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testTokenValueIncorrect() throws NoSuchMethodException {
         Integer id = Integer.MAX_VALUE - 1;
@@ -252,29 +269,4 @@ public class UtilsTest {
         Assert.assertTrue(Utils.isCommentType(TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_END));
         Assert.assertTrue(Utils.isCommentType(TokenTypes.COMMENT_CONTENT));
     }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testGetTokenFieldValue() throws NoSuchMethodException {
-        Integer id = 0;
-        try {
-            // overwrite static field with new value
-            Method method = Utils.class.getDeclaredMethod("getTokenFieldValue",
-                    Field.class, String.class);
-            method.setAccessible(true);
-            method.invoke(null, Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers"), "smth_strange");
-
-            fail();
-        }
-        catch (InvocationTargetException expected) {
-            // in method we throw IllegalStateException,
-            // but JDK wrap that in InvocationTargetException
-            assertEquals(IllegalStateException.class, expected.getCause().getClass());
-            assertEquals("Failed to instantiate collection of Java tokens",
-                    expected.getCause().getMessage());
-        }
-        catch (Exception e) {
-            fail();
-        }
-    }
-
 }