diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
index 1eecf02c70..08e93c0d5e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -5088,13 +5088,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     }
 
     protected void printPackage(JavaWriter out, Definition definition, Mode mode) {
-        String header = getStrategy().getFileHeader(definition, mode);
-
-        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(header)) {
-            out.println("/*");
-            printJavadocParagraph(out, header, "");
-            out.println("*/");
-        }
+        printPackageComment(out, definition, mode);
 
         if (scala)
             out.println("package %s", getStrategy().getJavaPackageName(definition, mode));
@@ -5106,6 +5100,16 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         out.println();
     }
 
+    protected void printPackageComment(JavaWriter out, Definition definition, Mode mode) {
+        String header = getStrategy().getFileHeader(definition, mode);
+
+        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(header)) {
+            out.println("/*");
+            printJavadocParagraph(out, header, "");
+            out.println("*/");
+        }
+    }
+
     @Deprecated
     protected String getExtendsNumberType(DataTypeDefinition type) {
         return getNumberType(type, scala ? "_ <: " : "? extends ");