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Let's say there is a method x() in class Foo. If Bar extends Foo and overrides method x() then the IDE does *not* display the "Missing Javadoc" hint for method x() in class Bar (it will display it for the x() in Foo if it does not have a Javadoc comment). The default behavior in Eclipse Europa is the same, however, Europa has a nice option that is called "Check overriding and implementing methods" so that the user can turn on this hint for overriding methods. Filing as a P4 for now - if I hear from others that this would be interesting to them I will boost it to P3.