diff -r 4ebc2e2fb97c -r 71c04702a3d5 test/langtools/tools/doclint/EmptySerialDataTest.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/doclint/EmptySerialDataTest.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 8004832
+ * @summary Add new doclint package
+ * @modules jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.doclint
+ * @build DocLintTester
+ * @run main DocLintTester -Xmsgs:-syntax EmptySerialDataTest.java
+ * @run main DocLintTester -Xmsgs:syntax -ref EmptySerialDataTest.out EmptySerialDataTest.java
+ */
+
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/** . */
+public class EmptySerialDataTest implements Serializable {
+    /** @serialData */
+    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s) { }
+}