diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index 5a0b022c..79233ddb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 			<property name="message" value="Indent must use tab characters"/>
 			<property name="ignoreComments" value="true"/>
 		</module>
-		<module name="UnusedImports"/>
+		<module name="UnusedImports">
+			<property name="processJavadoc" value="true" />
+		</module>
 		<module name="RedundantImport"/>
 		<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports.IllegalImportCheck" >
 			<property name="illegalPkgs" value="com.google.common"/>