diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
index 569ef5729478..c30aef7b3840 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
@@ -1087,7 +1087,9 @@ public class JavaDocInfoGenerator {
           generateLinkValue(tag, buffer, false);
         }
         else if (tagName.equals(LITERAL_TAG)) {
-          generateLiteralValue(buffer, ((PsiInlineDocTagImpl)tag).getDataElementsIgnoreWhitespaces());
+          final PsiElement[] dataElements = tag instanceof PsiInlineDocTagImpl ?((PsiInlineDocTagImpl)tag).getDataElementsIgnoreWhitespaces() 
+                                                                               : tag.getDataElements();
+          generateLiteralValue(buffer, dataElements);
         }
         else if (tagName.equals(CODE_TAG)) {
           generateCodeValue(tag, buffer);