diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/javadoc/PsiDocMethodOrFieldRef.java b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/javadoc/PsiDocMethodOrFieldRef.java
index a1fbdffe27f7..c4d14e17a69b 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/javadoc/PsiDocMethodOrFieldRef.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/javadoc/PsiDocMethodOrFieldRef.java
@@ -144,12 +144,7 @@ public class PsiDocMethodOrFieldRef extends CompositePsiElement implements PsiDo
     List<String> types = new ArrayList<>();
     for (PsiElement child = element.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
       if (child.getNode().getElementType() == DOC_TYPE_HOLDER) {
-        final String[] typeStrings = child.getText().split("[, ]");  //avoid param types list parsing hmm method(paramType1, paramType2, ...) -> typeElement1, identifier2, ...
-        for (String type : typeStrings) {
-          if (!type.isEmpty()) {
-            types.add(type);
-          }
-        }
+        types.add(child.getText());
       }
     }