diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index 561d2dfe..0161738e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Javadoc Comments -->
 		<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocTypeCheck">
-			<property name="scope" value="package"/>
+			<property name="scope" value="public"/>
 			<property name="authorFormat" value=".+\s.+"/>
 		</module>
 		<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocMethodCheck">