diff --git a/sphinx4-core/src/main/java/edu/cmu/sphinx/linguist/acoustic/tiedstate/SenoneHMM.java b/sphinx4-core/src/main/java/edu/cmu/sphinx/linguist/acoustic/tiedstate/SenoneHMM.java
index 64b613b61..63fc5e87f 100644
--- a/sphinx4-core/src/main/java/edu/cmu/sphinx/linguist/acoustic/tiedstate/SenoneHMM.java
+++ b/sphinx4-core/src/main/java/edu/cmu/sphinx/linguist/acoustic/tiedstate/SenoneHMM.java
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ public HMMState getState(int which) {
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns the order of the HMM
-     *
-     * @return the order of the HMM
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     // [[[NOTE: this method is probably not explicitly needed since
     // getSenoneSequence.getSenones().length will provide the same
diff --git a/sphinx4-core/src/main/java/edu/cmu/sphinx/linguist/acoustic/trivial/TrivialAcousticModel.java b/sphinx4-core/src/main/java/edu/cmu/sphinx/linguist/acoustic/trivial/TrivialAcousticModel.java
index 3cbfcf474..0e755b95b 100644
--- a/sphinx4-core/src/main/java/edu/cmu/sphinx/linguist/acoustic/trivial/TrivialAcousticModel.java
+++ b/sphinx4-core/src/main/java/edu/cmu/sphinx/linguist/acoustic/trivial/TrivialAcousticModel.java
@@ -252,9 +252,7 @@ public HMMState getState(int which) {
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns the order of the HMM
-     *
-     * @return the order of the HMM
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public int getOrder() {
         return hmmStates.length;