diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 089a74fa0..3d15c7ba0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:-missing</additionalparam>
+          <additionalJOption>-Xdoclint:-missing</additionalJOption>
           <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
           <quiet>true</quiet>
           <excludePackageNames>org.eclipse.jgit.http.test</excludePackageNames>