diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
index bbfd1d5ab9dd730010276c02a542d5738601fb5a..bdbd7c30e20c0c4ba516cd9b3cf86a3b06d3d2d5 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ public final class Constructor<T> extends Executable {
      * {@inheritDoc}
      * @since 1.8
      */
+    @Override
     public AnnotatedType getAnnotatedReturnType() {
         return getAnnotatedReturnType0(getDeclaringClass());
     }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Executable.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Executable.java
index 83b5e9c87a4bb79632ae223d808079ee7a330f4f..1a89968b175eb3d3154bcad2acd100917cd58d68 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Executable.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Executable.java
@@ -476,6 +476,20 @@ public abstract class Executable extends AccessibleObject
         return declaredAnnotations;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an AnnotatedType object that represents the potentially
+     * annotated return type of the method/constructor represented by this
+     * Executable.
+     *
+     * If this Executable represents a constructor, the AnnotatedType object
+     * represents the type of the constructed object.
+     *
+     * If this Executable represents a method, the AnnotatedType object
+     * represents the use of a type to specify the return type of the method.
+     *
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public abstract AnnotatedType getAnnotatedReturnType();
 
     /* Helper for subclasses of Executable.
      *
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
index 1507c77194aa60e8d526317292cc5130d86b6d30..30e764694d0a7e195471a0aa61b0c4cfc0de6e8b 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ public final class Method extends Executable {
      * {@inheritDoc}
      * @since 1.8
      */
+    @Override
     public AnnotatedType getAnnotatedReturnType() {
         return getAnnotatedReturnType0(getGenericReturnType());
     }