diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter.java
index 43d1f7ed30f..648f2406bd9 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link HttpMessageConverter} that can read and write byte arrays.
  *
- * <p>By default, this converter supports all media types ({@code &#42;&#47;&#42;}), and
+ * <p>By default, this converter supports all media types (<code>&#42;/&#42;</code>), and
  * writes with a {@code Content-Type} of {@code application/octet-stream}. This can be
  * overridden by setting the {@link #setSupportedMediaTypes supportedMediaTypes} property.
  *
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/StringHttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/StringHttpMessageConverter.java
index 49aace6e560..d1365943a5a 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/StringHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/StringHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link HttpMessageConverter} that can read and write strings.
  *
- * <p>By default, this converter supports all media types ({@code &#42;&#47;&#42;}),
+ * <p>By default, this converter supports all media types (<code>&#42;/&#42;</code>),
  * and writes with a {@code Content-Type} of {@code text/plain}. This can be overridden
  * by setting the {@link #setSupportedMediaTypes supportedMediaTypes} property.
  *