diff --git a/client-java/pom.xml b/client-java/pom.xml
index 350b6ddf7c..4856e24d65 100644
--- a/client-java/pom.xml
+++ b/client-java/pom.xml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
     <build>
         <!--
             When we make a release, the client-java must be published on Maven Central.
-            This requires to create jars for sources and javadocs.
-            As the javadocs build might fail, we force its creation at each build,
+            This requires creating jars for sources and Javadocs.
+            As the Javadocs build might fail, we force its creation at each build
             so that any issue can be fixed as soon as it is introduced.
         -->
         <plugins>
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
                 <version>3.1.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>8</source>
+                    <!-- Reducing Javadoc noise, this only leaves the missing Javadoc warnings
+                        and avoids unnecessary warnings about output to HTML -->
+                    <quiet>true</quiet>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>