diff --git a/src/xdocs/writingjavadocchecks.xml.vm b/src/xdocs/writingjavadocchecks.xml.vm
index 5ca3a5443..a1b93e2e0 100644
--- a/src/xdocs/writingjavadocchecks.xml.vm
+++ b/src/xdocs/writingjavadocchecks.xml.vm
@@ -261,14 +261,14 @@ class MyCheck extends AbstractJavadocCheck {
         Checkstyle supports HTML4 tags in Javadoc comments: <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/index/elements.html">all HTML4 elements</a>.
       </p>
       <p>
-        HTML 4 is picked just to have a list of tags that don't require closing tag and a list of singleton tags that don't need closing tag at all.
+        HTML 4 is picked just to have a list of tags with optional end tag and a list of tags whose end tag is forbidden (also known as <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_elements.asp">empty html tags</a>, for example <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/text.html#edef-BR">BR tag</a>).
       </p>
       <p>
-        Tags that don't require closing tag: &lt;P&gt;, &lt;LI&gt;, &lt;TR&gt;, &lt;TD&gt;, &lt;TH&gt;, &lt;BODY&gt;, &lt;COLGROUP&gt;, &lt;DD&gt;,
+        HTML tags with optional end tag: &lt;P&gt;, &lt;LI&gt;, &lt;TR&gt;, &lt;TD&gt;, &lt;TH&gt;, &lt;BODY&gt;, &lt;COLGROUP&gt;, &lt;DD&gt;,
         &lt;DT&gt;, &lt;HEAD&gt;, &lt;HTML&gt;, &lt;OPTION&gt;, &lt;TBODY&gt;, &lt;THEAD&gt;, &lt;TFOOT&gt;.
       </p>
       <p>
-        Singleton tags that don't need closing tag: &lt;AREA&gt;, &lt;BASE&gt;, &lt;BASEFONT&gt;, &lt;BR&gt;, &lt;COL&gt;, &lt;FRAME&gt;,
+        Empty HTML tags: &lt;AREA&gt;, &lt;BASE&gt;, &lt;BASEFONT&gt;, &lt;BR&gt;, &lt;COL&gt;, &lt;FRAME&gt;,
         &lt;HR&gt;, &lt;IMG&gt;, &lt;INPUT&gt;, &lt;ISINDEX&gt;, &lt;LINK&gt;, &lt;META&gt;, &lt;PARAM&gt;.
       </p>
       <p>