--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java	Tue Jan 22 19:56:19 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java	Tue Jan 22 15:22:13 2019 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@
             }
             break;
 
-        case PATTERN_MONTH:            // 'M' (context seinsive)
+        case PATTERN_MONTH:            // 'M' (context sensitive)
             if (useDateFormatSymbols) {
                 String[] months;
                 if (count >= 4) {
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@
                         return index;
                     }
                 } else {
-                    Map<String, Integer> map = getDisplayNamesMap(field, locale);
+                    Map<String, Integer> map = getDisplayContextNamesMap(field, locale);
                     if ((index = matchString(text, start, field, map, calb)) > 0) {
                         return index;
                     }
@@ -2450,6 +2450,22 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Obtains display names map, taking the context into account. Currently only
+     * the month name pattern 'M' is context dependent.
+     */
+    private Map<String, Integer> getDisplayContextNamesMap(int field, Locale locale) {
+        Map<String, Integer> map = calendar.getDisplayNames(field,
+            forceStandaloneForm ? Calendar.SHORT_STANDALONE : Calendar.SHORT_FORMAT, locale);
+        // Get the LONG style
+        Map<String, Integer> m = calendar.getDisplayNames(field,
+            forceStandaloneForm ? Calendar.LONG_STANDALONE : Calendar.LONG_FORMAT, locale);
+        if (m != null) {
+            map.putAll(m);
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * After reading an object from the input stream, the format
      * pattern in the object is verified.
      *

--- a/test/jdk/java/text/Format/DateFormat/DateFormatTest.java	Tue Jan 22 19:56:19 2019 +0100
+++ b/test/jdk/java/text/Format/DateFormat/DateFormatTest.java	Tue Jan 22 15:22:13 2019 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /**
  * @test
  * @bug 4052223 4089987 4469904 4326988 4486735 8008577 8045998 8140571
+ *      8216969
  * @summary test DateFormat and SimpleDateFormat.
  * @library /java/text/testlib
  * @modules jdk.localedata
@@ -1205,4 +1206,18 @@
             TimeZone.setDefault(initialTimeZone);
         }
     }
+
+    public void Test8216969() throws Exception {
+        Locale locale = new Locale("ru");
+        String format = "\u0434\u0435\u043a";
+        String standalone = "\u0434\u0435\u043a.";
+
+        // Check that format form is used so that the dot is parsed correctly.
+        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM.yyyy", locale);
+        System.out.println(simpleDateFormat.parse("28 " + format + ".2018"));
+
+        // Check that standalone form is used.
+        simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM", locale);
+        System.out.println(simpleDateFormat.parse(standalone));
+    }
 }