diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/ParameterNumberCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/ParameterNumberCheck.java
index 798a11f5f..eb5c1c8ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/ParameterNumberCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/ParameterNumberCheck.java
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public class ParameterNumberCheck
     /** {@link Override Override} annotation name */
     private static final String OVERRIDE = "Override";
 
-    /** fully-qualified {@link Override Override} annotation name */
-    private static final String FQ_OVERRIDE = "java.lang." + OVERRIDE;
+    /** canonical {@link Override Override} annotation name */
+    private static final String CANONICAL_OVERRIDE = "java.lang." + OVERRIDE;
 
     /** default maximum number of allowed parameters */
     private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_PARAMETERS = 7;
@@ -128,6 +128,6 @@ public class ParameterNumberCheck
         //if you override a method, you have no power over the number of parameters
         return mIgnoreOverriddenMethods
                 && (AnnotationUtility.containsAnnotation(aAST, OVERRIDE)
-                || AnnotationUtility.containsAnnotation(aAST, FQ_OVERRIDE));
+                || AnnotationUtility.containsAnnotation(aAST, CANONICAL_OVERRIDE));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/ParameterNumberCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/ParameterNumberCheckTest.java
index 674b2b5d2..22313e8c0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/ParameterNumberCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/ParameterNumberCheckTest.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class ParameterNumberCheckTest
         checkConfig.addAttribute("ignoreOverriddenMethods", "true");
         final String[] expected = {
             "6:10: More than 7 parameters (found 8).",
+            "11:10: More than 7 parameters (found 8).",
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputParameterNumberCheck.java"), expected);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputParameterNumberCheck.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputParameterNumberCheck.java
index e90969dc0..92ef3b874 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputParameterNumberCheck.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputParameterNumberCheck.java
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ class InputParameterNumberCheckBase
     void myMethod(int a, int b, int c, int d, int e, int f, int g, int h) {
 
     }
+
+    // method with many parameters
+    void myMethod2(int a, int b, int c, int d, int e, int f, int g, int h) {
+
+    }
 }
 
 public class InputParameterNumberCheck extends InputParameterNumberCheckBase
@@ -14,4 +19,9 @@ public class InputParameterNumberCheck extends InputParameterNumberCheckBase
     void myMethod(int a, int b, int c, int d, int e, int f, int g, int h) {
 
     }
+
+    @java.lang.Override
+    void myMethod2(int a, int b, int c, int d, int e, int f, int g, int h) {
+
+    }
 }