diff --git a/jflex/src/main/java/jflex/Emitter.java b/jflex/src/main/java/jflex/Emitter.java
index a928cf12b..99fa0c468 100644
--- a/jflex/src/main/java/jflex/Emitter.java
+++ b/jflex/src/main/java/jflex/Emitter.java
@@ -891,10 +891,10 @@ private void emitLexFunctHeader() {
       println("        zzCh = Character.codePointAt(zzBufferL, zzCurrentPosL, zzMarkedPosL);");
       println("        zzCharCount = Character.charCount(zzCh);");
       println("        switch (zzCh) {");
-      println("        case '\\u000B':  // fall though");
-      println("        case '\\u000C':  // fall though");
-      println("        case '\\u0085':  // fall though");
-      println("        case '\\u2028':  // fall though");
+      println("        case '\\u000B':  // fall through");
+      println("        case '\\u000C':  // fall through");
+      println("        case '\\u0085':  // fall through");
+      println("        case '\\u2028':  // fall through");
       println("        case '\\u2029':");
       if (scanner.lineCount) println("          yyline++;");
       if (scanner.columnCount) println("          yycolumn = 0;");
@@ -951,11 +951,11 @@ private void emitLexFunctHeader() {
       println("      if (zzMarkedPosL > zzStartRead) {");
       println("        switch (zzBufferL[zzMarkedPosL-1]) {");
       println("        case '\\n':");
-      println("        case '\\u000B':  // fall though");
-      println("        case '\\u000C':  // fall though");
-      println("        case '\\u0085':  // fall though");
-      println("        case '\\u2028':  // fall though");
-      println("        case '\\u2029':  // fall though");
+      println("        case '\\u000B':  // fall through");
+      println("        case '\\u000C':  // fall through");
+      println("        case '\\u0085':  // fall through");
+      println("        case '\\u2028':  // fall through");
+      println("        case '\\u2029':  // fall through");
       println("          zzAtBOL = true;");
       println("          break;");
       println("        case '\\r': ");