diff --git a/docs/checkstyle_checks.xml b/docs/checkstyle_checks.xml
index 15a7db06b..4b67f703e 100644
--- a/docs/checkstyle_checks.xml
+++ b/docs/checkstyle_checks.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
             <property name="checkUnusedThrows" value="true"/>
         </module>
         <module name="JavadocVariable"/>
+        
+        <module name="LeftCurly">
+            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF,INTERFACE_DEF,METHOD_DEF,CTOR_DEF"/>
+            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="LeftCurly">
+            <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_CATCH,LITERAL_DO,LITERAL_ELSE,LITERAL_FINALLY,LITERAL_FOR,LITERAL_IF,LITERAL_SWITCH,LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED,LITERAL_TRY,LITERAL_WHILE"/>
+            <property name="option" value="nlow"/>
+        </module>
 
         <module name="LineLength">
             <property name="ignorePattern" value="^ *\* *[^ ]+$"/>
@@ -41,9 +50,6 @@
         <module name="MemberName">
             <property name="format" value="^m[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
         </module>
-        <module name="MethodLeftCurly">
-            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
-        </module>
         <module name="MethodLength"/>
         <module name="MethodName"/>
         <module name="Modifier"/>
@@ -61,10 +67,6 @@
             <property name="tokens" value="ASSIGN, DIV_ASSIGN, PLUS_ASSIGN, MINUS_ASSIGN, STAR_ASSIGN, MOD_ASSIGN, SR_ASSIGN, BSR_ASSIGN, SL_ASSIGN, BXOR_ASSIGN, BOR_ASSIGN, BAND_ASSIGN"/>
             <property name="option" value="eol"/>
         </module>
-
-        <module name="OtherLeftCurly">
-            <property name="option" value="nlow"/>
-        </module>
         <module name="PackageName"/>
         <module name="ParameterName">
             <property name="format" value="^a[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
@@ -83,9 +85,6 @@
             <property name="format" value="^s[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
         </module>
         <module name="TabCharacter"/>
-        <module name="TypeLeftCurly">
-            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
-        </module>
         <module name="TypeName"/>
         <module name="UnusedImports"/>
         <module name="UpperEll"/>