diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index 6ebcc0d9..04f4c7a2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -119,9 +119,12 @@
 		<!-- Javadoc Comments -->
 		<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocTypeCheck">
 			<property name="scope" value="public"/>
+			<property name="excludeScope" value="package"/>
 			<property name="authorFormat" value=".+\s.+"/>
 		</module>
 		<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocMethodCheck">
+			<property name="scope" value="public"/>
+			<property name="excludeScope" value="package"/>
 			<property name="allowMissingJavadoc" value="true"/>
 		</module>
 		<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocVariableCheck">