diff --git a/java/jdkAnnotations/java/util/regex/annotations.xml b/java/jdkAnnotations/java/util/regex/annotations.xml
index 5d15f7be3bc0..2afbcb551b37 100644
--- a/java/jdkAnnotations/java/util/regex/annotations.xml
+++ b/java/jdkAnnotations/java/util/regex/annotations.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
       <val name="flagsFromClass" val="java.util.regex.Pattern.class" />
     </annotation>
   </item>
+  <item name='java.util.regex.Pattern java.util.regex.Matcher matcher(java.lang.CharSequence)'>
+    <annotation name='org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull'/>
+  </item>
   <item name="java.util.regex.Pattern java.util.regex.Pattern compile(java.lang.String) 0">
     <annotation name="org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls" />
     <annotation name="org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull" />