diff --git a/java/java-syntax/src/com/intellij/java/syntax/element/JavaDocSyntaxElementType.kt b/java/java-syntax/src/com/intellij/java/syntax/element/JavaDocSyntaxElementType.kt
index cf89d1552a5c..38a6c5712689 100644
--- a/java/java-syntax/src/com/intellij/java/syntax/element/JavaDocSyntaxElementType.kt
+++ b/java/java-syntax/src/com/intellij/java/syntax/element/JavaDocSyntaxElementType.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package com.intellij.java.syntax.element
 
 import com.intellij.java.syntax.element.lazyParser.JavaDocCommentParser
+import com.intellij.java.syntax.element.lazyParser.JavaDocReferenceHolderParser
 import com.intellij.java.syntax.element.lazyParser.JavaDocTypeParser
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementType
 import kotlin.jvm.JvmField
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ object JavaDocSyntaxElementType {
   @JvmField val DOC_SNIPPET_ATTRIBUTE_LIST: SyntaxElementType = SyntaxElementType("DOC_SNIPPET_ATTRIBUTE_LIST")
   @JvmField val DOC_SNIPPET_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE: SyntaxElementType = SyntaxElementType("DOC_SNIPPET_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE")
 
-  @JvmField val DOC_REFERENCE_HOLDER: SyntaxElementType = SyntaxElementType("DOC_REFERENCE_HOLDER")
+  @JvmField val DOC_REFERENCE_HOLDER: SyntaxElementType = SyntaxElementType("DOC_REFERENCE_HOLDER", lazyParser = JavaDocReferenceHolderParser())
 
   @JvmField val DOC_TYPE_HOLDER: SyntaxElementType = SyntaxElementType("DOC_TYPE_HOLDER", lazyParser = JavaDocTypeParser())
 
diff --git a/java/java-syntax/src/com/intellij/java/syntax/element/lazyParser/JavaDocReferenceHolderParser.kt b/java/java-syntax/src/com/intellij/java/syntax/element/lazyParser/JavaDocReferenceHolderParser.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..259f633ff3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-syntax/src/com/intellij/java/syntax/element/lazyParser/JavaDocReferenceHolderParser.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+package com.intellij.java.syntax.element.lazyParser
+
+import com.intellij.java.syntax.element.JavaDocSyntaxElementType
+import com.intellij.java.syntax.lexer.JavaLexer
+import com.intellij.java.syntax.parser.JavaDocParser
+import com.intellij.java.syntax.parser.JavaParser
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.LazyLexingContext
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.LazyParser
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.LazyParsingContext
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.lexer.Lexer
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.ProductionResult
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.prepareProduction
+import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel
+
+class JavaDocReferenceHolderParser : LazyParser {
+  override fun parse(parsingContext: LazyParsingContext): ProductionResult {
+    val syntaxTreeBuilder = parsingContext.syntaxTreeBuilder
+
+    parseFragment(syntaxTreeBuilder, JavaDocSyntaxElementType.DOC_REFERENCE_HOLDER, false) {
+      JavaDocParser(syntaxTreeBuilder, languageLevel).parseJavadocReference(JavaParser(languageLevel))
+    }
+
+    return prepareProduction(syntaxTreeBuilder)
+  }
+
+  override fun createLexer(lexingContext: LazyLexingContext): Lexer =
+    JavaLexer(languageLevel)
+
+  private val languageLevel get() = LanguageLevel.JDK_1_3
+}
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