diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index d57f19c6853..2de4703981a 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <!-- BeforeExecutionFileFilters is required for sources that are based on java14 -->
     <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
-      <property name="fileNamePattern" value="AuthorAndsReplacer.java|Ordinal.java" />
+      <property name="fileNamePattern" value="AuthorAndsReplacer.java|Ordinal.java|EntryTypeView.java" />
     </module>
 
     <module name="SuppressionFilter">
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/EntryTypeView.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/EntryTypeView.java
index 52dac1b4bfe..657fe4b20f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/EntryTypeView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/EntryTypeView.java
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ private void setEntryTypeForReturnAndClose(Optional<BibEntryType> entryType) {
     //Biblatex documentation is favored over the bibtex,
     //since bibtex is a subset of biblatex and biblatex is better documented.
     public static String getDescription(EntryType selectedType) {
+        //CHECKSTYLE:OFF
         if (selectedType instanceof StandardEntryType) {
             switch ((StandardEntryType) selectedType) {
                 case Article -> {
@@ -293,6 +294,8 @@ public static String getDescription(EntryType selectedType) {
         } else {
             return "";
         }
+        //CHECKSTYLE:ON
+
     }
 
 }