error: self-closing element not allowed

FULL PRODUCT VERSION :


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
It appears that Javadoc no longer support self closing elements like <p/> and <br/>

Is there a good reason for this because changing all my Javadocs to remove/modify these doesn't seem to be a good use of anyone's time.

I know Javadoc nevers used XHTML, but dropping support for it doesn't seem helpful.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Use <p/> or <br/> in your Javadoc

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Works like in XHTML
ACTUAL -
an error

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
error: self-closing element not allowed

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
turn everything back into HTML.

SUPPORT :
YES