diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/commons-maven/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/maven/java/MavenProjectClasspath.java b/vscode-extensions/commons/commons-maven/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/maven/java/MavenProjectClasspath.java
index 727b56d75..d2459f691 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/commons-maven/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/maven/java/MavenProjectClasspath.java
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/commons-maven/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/maven/java/MavenProjectClasspath.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
  */
 public class MavenProjectClasspath implements IClasspath {
 	
-	public static JavadocProviderTypes providerType = JavadocProviderTypes.JAVA_PARSER;
+	public static JavadocProviderTypes providerType = JavadocProviderTypes.HTML;
 	
 	public enum JavadocProviderTypes {
 		JAVA_PARSER,
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/project/harness/ProjectsHarness.java b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/project/harness/ProjectsHarness.java
index 81c7ba423..bee9017d2 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/project/harness/ProjectsHarness.java
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/project/harness/ProjectsHarness.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public class ProjectsHarness {
 			switch (type) {
 			case MAVEN:
 				MavenCore.buildMavenProject(testProjectPath);
+				MavenCore.generateJavadocFolderForMavenProject(testProjectPath);
 				return new MavenJavaProject(testProjectPath.resolve(MavenCore.POM_XML).toFile());
 			case CLASSPATH_TXT:
 				MavenCore.buildMavenProject(testProjectPath);
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.2.0-properties-live-metadta/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.2.0-properties-live-metadta/pom.xml
index 92c921a66..386306310 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.2.0-properties-live-metadta/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.2.0-properties-live-metadta/pom.xml
@@ -63,4 +63,14 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.2.1-app-properties-list-of-pojo/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.2.1-app-properties-list-of-pojo/pom.xml
index d92c1a510..df788ff31 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.2.1-app-properties-list-of-pojo/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.2.1-app-properties-list-of-pojo/pom.xml
@@ -86,5 +86,14 @@
 		</pluginRepository>
 	</pluginRepositories>
 
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.0-app-sts-4231/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.0-app-sts-4231/pom.xml
index f3eca0fd4..da98d371d 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.0-app-sts-4231/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.0-app-sts-4231/pom.xml
@@ -98,4 +98,14 @@
 		</pluginRepository>
 	</pluginRepositories>
 
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.3-app-with-resource-prop/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.3-app-with-resource-prop/pom.xml
index 49ff0c4f8..d58e4efe3 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.3-app-with-resource-prop/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.3-app-with-resource-prop/pom.xml
@@ -54,5 +54,14 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.3-sts-4335/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.3-sts-4335/pom.xml
index e9da3684a..66e436813 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.3-sts-4335/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/boot-1.3.3-sts-4335/pom.xml
@@ -54,5 +54,14 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/custom-properties-boot-project/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/custom-properties-boot-project/pom.xml
index 4de5ad42b..50cc2b23a 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/custom-properties-boot-project/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/custom-properties-boot-project/pom.xml
@@ -72,5 +72,14 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/empty-boot-1.3.0-app/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/empty-boot-1.3.0-app/pom.xml
index 93f4858f5..dec476dfb 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/empty-boot-1.3.0-app/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/empty-boot-1.3.0-app/pom.xml
@@ -49,5 +49,14 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/empty-boot-1.3.0-with-mongo/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/empty-boot-1.3.0-with-mongo/pom.xml
index 91bed2db1..45edfea43 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/empty-boot-1.3.0-with-mongo/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/empty-boot-1.3.0-with-mongo/pom.xml
@@ -53,5 +53,14 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/enums-boot-1.3.2-app/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/enums-boot-1.3.2-app/pom.xml
index a10fb0a6b..4966e03e1 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/enums-boot-1.3.2-app/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/enums-boot-1.3.2-app/pom.xml
@@ -52,4 +52,14 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/tricky-getters-boot-1.3.1-app/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/tricky-getters-boot-1.3.1-app/pom.xml
index 732a6acf6..55f4cd30f 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/tricky-getters-boot-1.3.1-app/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/test-projects/tricky-getters-boot-1.3.1-app/pom.xml
@@ -50,5 +50,15 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<reporting>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.10.4</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</reporting>
+
 	<artifactId>tricky-getters-boot-1.3.1-app</artifactId>
 </project>