diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/checkpoint/ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/checkpoint/ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer.java
index 31506304..fd375264 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/checkpoint/ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/checkpoint/ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer.java
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ public class ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer implements RecordProcessorCheckpoi
         return prepareCheckpoint(largestPermittedCheckpointValue.sequenceNumber(), applicationState);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
     @Override
     public PreparedCheckpointer prepareCheckpoint(Record record, byte[] applicationState) throws KinesisClientLibDependencyException, InvalidStateException, ThrottlingException, ShutdownException {
         //