diff -r 02a18f209ab3 -r 75ab654b5cd5 test/tools/doclint/EmptySerialDataTest.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/doclint/EmptySerialDataTest.java	Mon Dec 17 07:47:05 2012 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @build DocLintTester
+ * @run main DocLintTester -Xmsgs:-syntax EmptySerialDataTest.java
+ * @run main DocLintTester -Xmsgs:syntax -ref EmptySerialDataTest.out EmptySerialDataTest.java
+ */
+
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/** . */
+public class EmptySerialDataTest implements Serializable {
+    /** @serialData */
+    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s) { }
+}