diff -r 02a18f209ab3 -r 75ab654b5cd5 test/tools/doclint/EmptyReturnTest.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/doclint/EmptyReturnTest.java	Mon Dec 17 07:47:05 2012 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @build DocLintTester
+ * @run main DocLintTester -Xmsgs:-syntax EmptyReturnTest.java
+ * @run main DocLintTester -Xmsgs:syntax -ref EmptyReturnTest.out EmptyReturnTest.java
+ */
+
+/** . */
+public class EmptyReturnTest {
+    /** @return */
+    int emptyReturn() { }
+}