diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/BindException.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/BindException.java
index bc30e9aea2ab..7e291f847c6b 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/BindException.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/BindException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public BindException(BindingResult bindingResult) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new BindException instance for a target bean.
-	 * @param target target bean to bind onto
+	 * @param target the target bean to bind onto
 	 * @param objectName the name of the target object
 	 * @see BeanPropertyBindingResult
 	 */
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ public BindException(Object target, String objectName) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the BindingResult that this BindException wraps.
-	 * Will typically be a BeanPropertyBindingResult.
-	 * @see BeanPropertyBindingResult
 	 */
 	public final BindingResult getBindingResult() {
 		return this.bindingResult;
@@ -231,6 +229,7 @@ public Class<?> getFieldType(String field) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	@Nullable
 	public Object getTarget() {
 		return this.bindingResult.getTarget();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/MapBindingResult.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/MapBindingResult.java
index cadd9f8b573c..41860a4c1d42 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/MapBindingResult.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/MapBindingResult.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -52,11 +53,15 @@ public MapBindingResult(Map<?, ?> target, String objectName) {
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the target Map to bind onto.
+	 */
 	public final Map<?, ?> getTargetMap() {
 		return this.target;
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	@NonNull
 	public final Object getTarget() {
 		return this.target;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/support/WebExchangeBindException.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/support/WebExchangeBindException.java
index 2da9e414ab7e..ccb49da9f6b6 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/support/WebExchangeBindException.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/support/WebExchangeBindException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ public Class<?> getFieldType(String field) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	@Nullable
 	public Object getTarget() {
 		return this.bindingResult.getTarget();
 	}