diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/CompactNumberFormat.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/CompactNumberFormat.java
index f8603e85fe8..14df610621f 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/CompactNumberFormat.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/CompactNumberFormat.java
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
  * <i>NegativePattern:</i>
  *        <i>Prefix<sub>optional</sub></i> <i>MinimumInteger</i> <i>Suffix<sub>optional</sub></i>
  * <i>Prefix:</i>
- *      Any Unicode characters except {@code U+FFFE}, {@code U+FFFF}, and
- *      {@linkplain DecimalFormat##special_pattern_character special characters}.
+ *      Any characters except the {@linkplain
+ *      DecimalFormat##special_pattern_character special pattern characters}
  * <i>Suffix:</i>
- *      Any Unicode characters except {@code U+FFFE}, {@code U+FFFF}, and
- *      {@linkplain DecimalFormat##special_pattern_character special characters}.
+ *      Any characters except the {@linkplain
+ *      DecimalFormat##special_pattern_character special pattern characters}
  * <i>MinimumInteger:</i>
  *      0
  *      0 <i>MinimumInteger</i>
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DecimalFormat.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DecimalFormat.java
index 2260684d6ee..0cb7d430c8a 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DecimalFormat.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DecimalFormat.java
@@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ import sun.util.locale.provider.ResourceBundleBasedAdapter;
  * <i>NegativePattern:</i>
  *         <i>Prefix<sub>opt</sub></i> <i>Number</i> <i>Suffix<sub>opt</sub></i>
  * <i>Prefix:</i>
- *         any Unicode characters except {@code U+FFFE}, {@code U+FFFF}, and special characters
+ *         Any characters except the {@linkplain ##special_pattern_character
+ *         special pattern characters}
  * <i>Suffix:</i>
- *         any Unicode characters except {@code U+FFFE}, {@code U+FFFF}, and special characters
+ *         Any characters except the {@linkplain ##special_pattern_character
+ *         special pattern characters}
  * <i>Number:</i>
  *         <i>Integer</i> <i>Exponent<sub>opt</sub></i>
  *         <i>Integer</i> . <i>Fraction</i> <i>Exponent<sub>opt</sub></i>