diff a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ExceptionInInitializerError.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ExceptionInInitializerError.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ExceptionInInitializerError.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ExceptionInInitializerError.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
@@ -106,38 +106,45 @@
     }
 
     /**
      * Serializable fields for ExceptionInInitializerError.
      *
-     * @serialField exception Throwable
+     * @serialField exception Throwable the exception
      */
     @java.io.Serial
     private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = {
         new ObjectStreamField("exception", Throwable.class)
     };
 
-    /*
+    /**
      * Reconstitutes the ExceptionInInitializerError instance from a stream
      * and initialize the cause properly when deserializing from an older
      * version.
      *
      * The getException and getCause method returns the private "exception"
      * field in the older implementation and ExceptionInInitializerError::cause
      * was set to null.
+     *
+     * @param  s the {@code ObjectInputStream} from which data is read
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if a serialized class cannot be loaded
      */
     @java.io.Serial
     private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
         ObjectInputStream.GetField fields = s.readFields();
         Throwable exception = (Throwable) fields.get("exception", null);
         if (exception != null) {
             setCause(exception);
         }
     }
 
-    /*
+    /**
      * To maintain compatibility with older implementation, write a serial
      * "exception" field with the cause as the value.
+     *
+     * @param  out the {@code ObjectOutputStream} to which data is written
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
      */
     @java.io.Serial
     private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
         ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = out.putFields();
         fields.put("exception", super.getCause());
