diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/internal/LfsConnectionFactory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/internal/LfsConnectionFactory.java
index 955eca0c3..feb8b4ae5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/internal/LfsConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/internal/LfsConnectionFactory.java
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ private static Protocol.ExpiringAction getSshAuthentication(
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             in case of any error.
 	 */
-	public static @NonNull HttpConnection getLfsContentConnection(
+	@NonNull
+	public static HttpConnection getLfsContentConnection(
 			Repository repo, Protocol.Action action, String method)
 			throws IOException {
 		URL contentUrl = new URL(action.href);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/events/WorkingTreeModifiedEvent.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/events/WorkingTreeModifiedEvent.java
index 9fbcc4dd5..afd7889f8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/events/WorkingTreeModifiedEvent.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/events/WorkingTreeModifiedEvent.java
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ public boolean isEmpty() {
 	 *
 	 * @return the set
 	 */
-	public @NonNull Collection<String> getModified() {
+	@NonNull
+	public Collection<String> getModified() {
 		Collection<String> result = modified;
 		if (result == null) {
 			result = Collections.emptyList();
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ public boolean isEmpty() {
 	 *
 	 * @return the set
 	 */
-	public @NonNull Collection<String> getDeleted() {
+	@NonNull
+	public Collection<String> getDeleted() {
 		Collection<String> result = deleted;
 		if (result == null) {
 			result = Collections.emptyList();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
index 26e783ddd..8e463415b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ public List<RepoProject> getProjects() {
 	 *
 	 * @return filtered projects list reference, never null
 	 */
-	public @NonNull List<RepoProject> getFilteredProjects() {
+	@NonNull
+	public List<RepoProject> getFilteredProjects() {
 		return filteredProjects;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/DefaultTypedConfigGetter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/DefaultTypedConfigGetter.java
index 891c7f23b..6a66cf682 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/DefaultTypedConfigGetter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/DefaultTypedConfigGetter.java
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ private static IllegalArgumentException notTimeUnit(String section,
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public @NonNull List<RefSpec> getRefSpecs(Config config, String section,
+	@NonNull
+	public List<RefSpec> getRefSpecs(Config config, String section,
 			String subsection, String name) {
 		String[] values = config.getStringList(section, subsection, name);
 		List<RefSpec> result = new ArrayList<>(values.length);