diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/ExponentialBackoff.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/ExponentialBackoff.java
index 7550184ba39d0..30a6bf8e7fed8 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/ExponentialBackoff.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/ExponentialBackoff.java
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 
 /**
- * An utility class for keeping the parameters and providing the value of exponential
+ * A utility class for keeping the parameters and providing the value of exponential
  * retry backoff, exponential reconnect backoff, exponential timeout, etc.
+ * <p>
  * The formula is:
- * Backoff(attempts) = random(1 - jitter, 1 + jitter) * initialInterval * multiplier ^ attempts
- * If initialInterval is greater or equal than maxInterval, a constant backoff of will be provided
- * This class is thread-safe
+ * <pre>Backoff(attempts) = random(1 - jitter, 1 + jitter) * initialInterval * multiplier ^ attempts</pre>
+ * If {@code initialInterval} is greater than or equal to {@code maxInterval}, a constant backoff of
+ * {@code initialInterval} will be provided.
+ * <p>
+ * This class is thread-safe.
  */
 public class ExponentialBackoff {
     private final int multiplier;