diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/ptg/AreaPtg.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/ptg/AreaPtg.java
index 81cac4e04..c6371a8ce 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/ptg/AreaPtg.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/ptg/AreaPtg.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public final class AreaPtg extends Area2DPtgBase {
 	}
 
 	/**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #AreaPtg(<code>AreaReference</code>)} instead
+     * @deprecated use {@link #AreaPtg(AreaReference)} instead
 	 */
 	@Deprecated()
 	@Removal(version="3.19")
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/ClientAnchor.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/ClientAnchor.java
index f482e6f51..77c09c17b 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/ClientAnchor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/ClientAnchor.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public interface ClientAnchor {
     
     /**
      * Returns the column (0 based) of the first cell, or -1 if there is no top-left anchor cell.
-     * This is the case for absolute positioning (AnchorType{@link #DONT_MOVE_AND_RESIZE}).
+     * This is the case for absolute positioning {@link AnchorType#MOVE_AND_RESIZE}
      *
      * @return 0-based column of the first cell or -1 if none.
      */
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/AreaReference.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/AreaReference.java
index 30e333536..837c4cf88 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/AreaReference.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/AreaReference.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class AreaReference {
 
     /**
      * Creates an area ref from a pair of Cell References.
-     * @deprecated use {@link #new AreaReference(<code>CellReference</code>, <code>CellReference</code>, <code>SpreadsheetVersion</code>)} instead
+     * @deprecated use {@link #AreaReference(CellReference, CellReference, SpreadsheetVersion)} instead
      */
     @Deprecated
     @Removal(version="3.19")
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class AreaReference {
      *  unbroken) area, or is it made up of
      *  several different parts?
      * (If it is, you will need to call
-     *  {@link #generateContiguous(<code>SpreadsheetVersion</code>, String)})
+     *  {@link #generateContiguous(SpreadsheetVersion, String)})
      */
     public static boolean isContiguous(String reference) {
        // If there's a sheet name, strip it off
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public class AreaReference {
     /**
      * Takes a non-contiguous area reference, and returns an array of contiguous area references
      * @return an array of contiguous area references.
-     * @deprecated use {@link #generateContiguous(<code>SpreadsheetVersion</code>, String)} instead
+     * @deprecated use {@link #generateContiguous(SpreadsheetVersion, String)} instead
      */
     @Deprecated
     @Removal(version="3.19")