diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a66a3746d457..461f2b33a506 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -692,6 +692,14 @@
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>1.2.1</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <!-- jdk8 started linting javadocs by default; ours are not fully compliant -->
+                        <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>