Yes that's the reason for the use of ; to make is a single sentence really and no trailing .

On 20 févr. 2013, at 10:30, Gunnar Morling <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In src/main/java/javax/validation/constraints/DecimalMax.java:
> 
> >  	 * By default, it is inclusive.
> >  	 *
> >  	 * @return {@code true} if the value must be lower or equal to the specified maximum,
> > -	 *         {@code false} if the value must be lower.
> What's the rule when there are several sentences? The last one without trailing "."?
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