diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85f45cbfc..7c42c8c3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1088,7 +1088,6 @@
             <regex><pattern>.*.api.AuditEvent</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>93</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.api.AutomaticBean</pattern><branchRate>90</branchRate><lineRate>82</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.api.AutomaticBean\$.*</pattern><branchRate>75</branchRate><lineRate>90</lineRate></regex>
-            <regex><pattern>.*.api.FileContents</pattern><branchRate>96</branchRate><lineRate>93</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.api.FileText</pattern><branchRate>50</branchRate><lineRate>59</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.api.JavadocTagInfo</pattern><branchRate>25</branchRate><lineRate>77</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.api.JavadocTagInfo\$.*</pattern><branchRate>0</branchRate><lineRate>8</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FileContents.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FileContents.java
index 589cc87fb..583edf982 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FileContents.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FileContents.java
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ public final class FileContents implements CommentListener {
      * @deprecated Use {@link #FileContents(FileText)} instead
      *   in order to preserve the original line breaks where possible.
      */
-    @Deprecated public FileContents(String filename, String... lines) {
+    @Deprecated
+    public FileContents(String filename, String... lines) {
         this.fileName = filename;
         text = FileText.fromLines(new File(filename), Arrays.asList(lines));
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FileContentsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FileContentsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19b443f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/FileContentsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class FileContentsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDeprecatedCtor() {
+        // just to make UT coverage 100%
+        FileContents o = new FileContents("filename.java", new String[]{"1", "2"});
+        o.getFilename();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCppCommentNotIntersect() {
+        // just to make UT coverage 100%
+        FileContents o = new FileContents(
+                FileText.fromLines(new File("filename"), Arrays.asList("  //  ")));
+        o.reportCppComment(1,2);
+        assertFalse(o.hasIntersectionWithComment(1, 0, 1, 1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCppCommentIntersect() {
+        // just to make UT coverage 100%
+        FileContents o = new FileContents(
+                FileText.fromLines(new File("filename"), Arrays.asList("  //   ")));
+        o.reportCppComment(1, 2);
+        assertTrue(o.hasIntersectionWithComment(1, 5, 1, 6));
+
+    }
+}