src/jdk.incubator.foreign/share/classes/jdk/incubator/foreign/MemoryLayout.java

@@ -169,32 +169,32 @@
      */
     MemoryLayout withName(String name);
 
     /**
      * Returns the alignment constraint associated with this layout, expressed in bits. Layout alignment defines a power
-     * of two A which is the bitwise alignment of the layout. If A>=8 then A/8 is the number of bytes that must be aligned
-     * for any pointer that correctly points to this layout. Thus:
+     * of two {@code A} which is the bit-wise alignment of the layout. If {@code A <= 8} then {@code A/8} is the number of
+     * bytes that must be aligned for any pointer that correctly points to this layout. Thus:
      *
      * <ul>
-     * <li>A=8 means unaligned (in the usual sense), which is common in packets.</li>
-     * <li>A=64 means word aligned (on LP64), A=32 int aligned, A=16 short aligned, etc.</li>
-     * <li>A=512 is the most strict alignment required by the x86/SV ABI (for AVX-512 data).</li>
+     * <li>{@code A=8} means unaligned (in the usual sense), which is common in packets.</li>
+     * <li>{@code A=64} means word aligned (on LP64), {@code A=32} int aligned, {@code A=16} short aligned, etc.</li>
+     * <li>{@code A=512} is the most strict alignment required by the x86/SV ABI (for AVX-512 data).</li>
      * </ul>
      *
      * @return the layout alignment constraint, in bits.
      */
     long bitAlignment();
 
     /**
      * Returns the alignment constraint associated with this layout, expressed in bytes. Layout alignment defines a power
-     * of two A which is the bytewise alignment of the layout, where A is the number of bytes that must be aligned
+     * of two {@code A} which is the byte-wise alignment of the layout, where {@code A} is the number of bytes that must be aligned
      * for any pointer that correctly points to this layout. Thus:
      *
      * <ul>
-     * <li>A=1 means unaligned (in the usual sense), which is common in packets.</li>
-     * <li>A=8 means word aligned (on LP64), A=4 int aligned, A=2 short aligned, etc.</li>
-     * <li>A=64 is the most strict alignment required by the x86/SV ABI (for AVX-512 data).</li>
+     * <li>{@code A=1} means unaligned (in the usual sense), which is common in packets.</li>
+     * <li>{@code A=8} means word aligned (on LP64), {@code A=4} int aligned, {@code A=2} short aligned, etc.</li>
+     * <li>{@code A=64} is the most strict alignment required by the x86/SV ABI (for AVX-512 data).</li>
      * </ul>
      *
      * @return the layout alignment constraint, in bytes.
      * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if {@code bitAlignment()} is not a multiple of 8.
      */