src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Locale.java

@@ -823,11 +823,11 @@
      * on the host environment. It is used by many locale-sensitive methods
      * if no locale is explicitly specified. It can be changed using the
      * setDefault(Locale.Category, Locale) method.
      *
      * @param category - the specified category to get the default locale
-     * @throws NullPointerException - if category is null
+     * @throws NullPointerException if category is null
      * @return the default locale for the specified Category for this instance
      *     of the Java Virtual Machine
      * @see #setDefault(Locale.Category, Locale)
      * @since 1.7
      */

@@ -952,13 +952,13 @@
      * prepared to reinitialize locale-sensitive code running within the
      * same Java Virtual Machine.
      *
      * @param category - the specified category to set the default locale
      * @param newLocale - the new default locale
-     * @throws SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its
+     * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and its
      *     checkPermission method doesn't allow the operation.
-     * @throws NullPointerException - if category and/or newLocale is null
+     * @throws NullPointerException if category and/or newLocale is null
      * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission(java.security.Permission)
      * @see PropertyPermission
      * @see #getDefault(Locale.Category)
      * @since 1.7
      */