diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenProperty.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenProperty.java
index b7ebb5d237d..b19eff1dd6b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenProperty.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenProperty.java
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ public class CodegenProperty implements Cloneable {
     /**
      * @deprecated since version 3.0.0, use {@link #getDataType()} instead.<br>
      * May be removed with the next major release (4.0)
+     * @return dataType
      */
     @Deprecated
     public String getDatatype() {