diff --git a/src/library-aux/scala/AnyRef.scala b/src/library-aux/scala/AnyRef.scala
index 8a8eb21d1d74..ec76a0fd02d4 100644
--- a/src/library-aux/scala/AnyRef.scala
+++ b/src/library-aux/scala/AnyRef.scala
@@ -116,15 +116,13 @@ trait AnyRef extends Any {
    */
   final def notifyAll(): Unit
 
-  /** Causes the current Thread to wait until another Thread invokes
-   *  the notify() or notifyAll() methods.
+  /** See [[https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait--]].
    *
    *  @note   not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef
    */
   final def wait (): Unit
 
-  /** Causes the current Thread to wait until another Thread invokes
-   * the notify() or notifyAll() methods, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
+  /** See [[https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-]]
    *
    * @param timeout the maximum time to wait in milliseconds.
    * @param nanos   additional time, in nanoseconds range 0-999999.
@@ -132,8 +130,7 @@ trait AnyRef extends Any {
    */
   final def wait (timeout: Long, nanos: Int): Unit
 
-  /** Causes the current Thread to wait until another Thread invokes
-   * the notify() or notifyAll() methods, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
+  /** See [[https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-]].
    *
    * @param timeout the maximum time to wait in milliseconds.
    * @note not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef
diff --git a/test/scaladoc/run/anyref-doc.check b/test/scaladoc/run/anyref-doc.check
index 67e93e031569..c8a214ad0ccd 100644
--- a/test/scaladoc/run/anyref-doc.check
+++ b/test/scaladoc/run/anyref-doc.check
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@ Some(Body(List(Paragraph(Chain(List(Summary(Chain(List(Text(Wakes up all threads
 ))))))
 )
 List(scala.AnyRef#wait, scala.AnyRef#wait, scala.AnyRef#wait)
-Some(Body(List(Paragraph(Chain(List(Summary(Chain(List(Text(Causes the current Thread to wait until another Thread invokes
- the notify() or notifyAll() methods), Text(.)))), Text(
+Some(Body(List(Paragraph(Chain(List(Summary(Chain(List(Chain(List(Text(See ), Link(https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait--,Text(https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait--)))), Text(.)))), Text(
 ))))))
 )
-Some(Body(List(Paragraph(Chain(List(Summary(Chain(List(Text(Causes the current Thread to wait until another Thread invokes
-the notify() or notifyAll() methods, or a specified amount of time has elapsed), Text(.)))), Text(
-))))))
+Some(Body(List(Paragraph(Chain(List(Summary(Chain(List(Text(See ), Link(https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-,Text(https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)), Text(
+), Text()))))))))
 )
-Some(Body(List(Paragraph(Chain(List(Summary(Chain(List(Text(Causes the current Thread to wait until another Thread invokes
-the notify() or notifyAll() methods, or a specified amount of time has elapsed), Text(.)))), Text(
+Some(Body(List(Paragraph(Chain(List(Summary(Chain(List(Chain(List(Text(See ), Link(https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-,Text(https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-)))), Text(.)))), Text(
 ))))))
 )
 Done.