diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
index 6964cdb0120b..b1fe1686f7c2 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
@@ -467,8 +467,6 @@ public class JavaDocInfoGenerator {
   }
 
   private void generateTypeParametersSection(final StringBuilder buffer, final PsiClass aClass) {
-    final PsiDocComment docComment = aClass.getDocComment();
-    if (docComment == null) return;
     final LinkedList<Pair<PsiDocTag, InheritDocProvider<PsiDocTag>>> result =
       new LinkedList<Pair<PsiDocTag, InheritDocProvider<PsiDocTag>>>();
     final PsiTypeParameter[] typeParameters = aClass.getTypeParameters();