diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/handler/annotation/MessageMapping.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/handler/annotation/MessageMapping.java
index f5bfc52ba02..d9a0c4cb297 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/handler/annotation/MessageMapping.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/handler/annotation/MessageMapping.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.SendToUser;
  * a specialization such as
  * {@link org.springframework.messaging.simp.SimpMessageHeaderAccessor
  * SimpMessageHeaderAccessor}.</li>
- * <li>{@link Message Message<T>} for access to body and headers with the body
+ * <li>{@link Message Message&lt;T&gt;} for access to body and headers with the body
  * de-serialized if necessary to match the declared type.</li>
  * <li>{@link java.security.Principal} method arguments are supported in
  * some processing scenarios such as STOMP over WebSocket. It reflects the