diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ar/ArArchiveInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ar/ArArchiveInputStream.java
index 4a3f73a868b..ddb9e6c6c50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ar/ArArchiveInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ar/ArArchiveInputStream.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ private String getBSDLongName(final String bsdLongName) throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get an extended name from the GNU extended name buffer.
+     * Gets an extended name from the GNU extended name buffer.
      *
      * @param offset pointer to entry within the buffer
      * @return the extended file name; without trailing "/" if present.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/arj/ArjArchiveEntry.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/arj/ArjArchiveEntry.java
index 5ab7c873215..23b22702dca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/arj/ArjArchiveEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/arj/ArjArchiveEntry.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public int getMode() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's name.
+     * Gets this entry's name.
      *
      * <p>This method returns the raw name as it is stored inside of the archive.</p>
      *
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public String getName() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's file size.
+     * Gets this entry's file size.
      *
      * @return This entry's file size.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/Dirent.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/Dirent.java
index 30a522e1de2..73b2a3d47bf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/Dirent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/Dirent.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Dirent {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get ino.
+     * Gets ino.
      * @return the i-node
      */
     int getIno() {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int getIno() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get name of directory entry.
+     * Gets name of directory entry.
      *
      * <p>This method returns the raw name as it is stored inside of the archive.</p>
      *
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ String getName() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get ino of parent directory.
+     * Gets ino of parent directory.
      * @return the parent i-node
      */
     int getParentIno() {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int getParentIno() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get entry type.
+     * Gets entry type.
      * @return the entry type
      */
     int getType() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveEntry.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveEntry.java
index 651c4f7432c..6d391bc5ad4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveEntry.java
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ public Date getAccessTime() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get file creation time.
+     * Gets file creation time.
      * @return the creation time
      */
     public Date getCreationTime() {
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ public long getSize() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the type of the entry.
+     * Gets the type of the entry.
      * @return the type
      */
     public TYPE getType() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveInputStream.java
index ab8c180a807..07d24a418e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveInputStream.java
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public DumpArchiveEntry getNextEntry() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get full path for specified archive entry, or null if there's a gap.
+     * Gets full path for specified archive entry, or null if there's a gap.
      *
      * @param entry
      * @return  full path for specified archive entry, or null if there's a gap.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveSummary.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveSummary.java
index 2053e7b26f0..16e63245d1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveSummary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/dump/DumpArchiveSummary.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the device name, e.g., /dev/sda3 or /dev/mapper/vg0-home.
+     * Gets the device name, e.g., /dev/sda3 or /dev/mapper/vg0-home.
      * @return device name
      */
     public String getDevname() {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public String getDevname() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the date of this dump.
+     * Gets the date of this dump.
      * @return the date of this dump.
      */
     public Date getDumpDate() {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public Date getDumpDate() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the last mountpoint, e.g., /home.
+     * Gets the last mountpoint, e.g., /home.
      * @return last mountpoint
      */
     public String getFilesystem() {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public String getFilesystem() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the inode of the first record on this volume.
+     * Gets the inode of the first record on this volume.
      * @return inode of the first record on this volume.
      */
     public int getFirstRecord() {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public int getFirstRecord() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the miscellaneous flags. See below.
+     * Gets the miscellaneous flags. See below.
      * @return flags
      */
     public int getFlags() {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public int getFlags() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the hostname of the system where the dump was performed.
+     * Gets the hostname of the system where the dump was performed.
      * @return hostname the host name
      */
     public String getHostname() {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public String getHostname() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get dump label. This may be autogenerated, or it may be specified
+     * Gets dump label. This may be autogenerated, or it may be specified
      * by the user.
      * @return dump label
      */
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public String getLabel() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the level of this dump. This is a number between 0 and 9, inclusive,
+     * Gets the level of this dump. This is a number between 0 and 9, inclusive,
      * and a level 0 dump is a complete dump of the partition. For any other dump
      * 'n' this dump contains all files that have changed since the last dump
      * at this level or lower. This is used to support different levels of
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public int getLevel() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the number of records per tape block. This is typically
+     * Gets the number of records per tape block. This is typically
      * between 10 and 32.
      * @return the number of records per tape block
      */
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public int getNTRec() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the date of the previous dump at this level higher.
+     * Gets the date of the previous dump at this level higher.
      * @return dumpdate may be null
      */
     public Date getPreviousDumpDate() {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public Date getPreviousDumpDate() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get volume (tape) number.
+     * Gets volume (tape) number.
      * @return volume (tape) number.
      */
     public int getVolume() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java
index a0a80cf42bb..8d79bbffc92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ void fillStarSparseData(final Map<String, String> headers) throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's creation time.
+     * Gets this entry's creation time.
      *
      * @since 1.22
      * @return This entry's computed creation time.
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ public long getDataOffset() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's major device number.
+     * Gets this entry's major device number.
      *
      * @return This entry's major device number.
      * @since 1.4
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ public int getDevMajor() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's minor device number.
+     * Gets this entry's minor device number.
      *
      * @return This entry's minor device number.
      * @since 1.4
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ public Map<String, String> getExtraPaxHeaders() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's file.
+     * Gets this entry's file.
      *
      * <p>This method is only useful for entries created from a {@code
      * File} or {@code Path} but not for entries read from an archive.</p>
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ public File getFile() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's group id.
+     * Gets this entry's group id.
      *
      * @return This entry's group id.
      * @deprecated use #getLongGroupId instead as group ids can be
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ public int getGroupId() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's group name.
+     * Gets this entry's group name.
      *
      * @return This entry's group name.
      */
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ public String getGroupName() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's last access time.
+     * Gets this entry's last access time.
      *
      * @since 1.22
      * @return This entry's last access time.
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ public FileTime getLastAccessTime() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's modification time.
+     * Gets this entry's modification time.
      * This is equivalent to {@link TarArchiveEntry#getLastModifiedTime()}, but precision is truncated to milliseconds.
      *
      * @return This entry's modification time.
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ public Date getLastModifiedDate() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's modification time.
+     * Gets this entry's modification time.
      *
      * @since 1.22
      * @return This entry's modification time.
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ public FileTime getLastModifiedTime() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's link flag.
+     * Gets this entry's link flag.
      *
      * @return this entry's link flag.
      * @since 1.23
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ public byte getLinkFlag() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's link name.
+     * Gets this entry's link name.
      *
      * @return This entry's link name.
      */
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ public String getLinkName() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's group id.
+     * Gets this entry's group id.
      *
      * @since 1.10
      * @return This entry's group id.
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ public long getLongGroupId() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's user id.
+     * Gets this entry's user id.
      *
      * @return This entry's user id.
      * @since 1.10
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ public long getLongUserId() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's mode.
+     * Gets this entry's mode.
      *
      * @return This entry's mode.
      */
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ public int getMode() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's modification time.
+     * Gets this entry's modification time.
      * This is equivalent to {@link TarArchiveEntry#getLastModifiedTime()}, but precision is truncated to milliseconds.
      *
      * @return This entry's modification time.
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ public Date getModTime() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's name.
+     * Gets this entry's name.
      *
      * <p>This method returns the raw name as it is stored inside of the archive.</p>
      *
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ public String getName() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's sparse headers ordered by offset with all empty sparse sections at the start filtered out.
+     * Gets this entry's sparse headers ordered by offset with all empty sparse sections at the start filtered out.
      *
      * @return immutable list of this entry's sparse headers, never null
      * @since 1.21
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ public List<TarArchiveStructSparse> getOrderedSparseHeaders() throws IOException
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's file.
+     * Gets this entry's file.
      *
      * <p>This method is only useful for entries created from a {@code
      * File} or {@code Path} but not for entries read from an archive.</p>
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ public Path getPath() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's real file size in case of a sparse file.
+     * Gets this entry's real file size in case of a sparse file.
      *
      * <p>This is the size a file would take on disk if the entry was expanded.</p>
      *
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ public long getRealSize() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's file size.
+     * Gets this entry's file size.
      *
      * <p>This is the size the entry's data uses inside the archive. Usually this is the same as {@link
      * #getRealSize}, but it doesn't take the "holes" into account when the entry represents a sparse file.
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ public long getSize() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's sparse headers
+     * Gets this entry's sparse headers
      *
      * @return This entry's sparse headers
      * @since 1.20
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ public List<TarArchiveStructSparse> getSparseHeaders() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's status change time.
+     * Gets this entry's status change time.
      *
      * @since 1.22
      * @return This entry's status change time.
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ public FileTime getStatusChangeTime() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's user id.
+     * Gets this entry's user id.
      *
      * @return This entry's user id.
      * @deprecated use #getLongUserId instead as user ids can be
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ public int getUserId() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's user name.
+     * Gets this entry's user name.
      *
      * @return This entry's user name.
      */
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ public boolean isCharacterDevice() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get this entry's checksum status.
+     * Gets this entry's checksum status.
      *
      * @return if the header checksum is reasonably correct
      * @see TarUtils#verifyCheckSum(byte[])
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ public boolean isOldGNUSparse() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get if this entry is a sparse file with 1.X PAX Format or not
+     * Gets if this entry is a sparse file with 1.X PAX Format or not
      *
      * @return True if this entry is a sparse file with 1.X PAX Format
      * @since 1.20
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveInputStream.java
index 7141c6a6537..1f81b2603e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveInputStream.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ private void applyPaxHeadersToCurrentEntry(final Map<String, String> headers, fi
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the available data that can be read from the current
+     * Gets the available data that can be read from the current
      * entry in the archive. This does not indicate how much data
      * is left in the entire archive, only in the current entry.
      * This value is determined from the entry's size header field
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ private long getActuallySkipped(final long available, final long skipped, final
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the current TAR Archive Entry that this input stream is processing
+     * Gets the current TAR Archive Entry that this input stream is processing
      *
      * @return The current Archive Entry
      */
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public TarArchiveEntry getCurrentEntry() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the next entry in this tar archive as long name data.
+     * Gets the next entry in this tar archive as long name data.
      *
      * @return The next entry in the archive as long name data, or null.
      * @throws IOException on error
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ public TarArchiveEntry getNextTarEntry() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the next record in this tar archive. This will skip
+     * Gets the next record in this tar archive. This will skip
      * over any remaining data in the current entry, if there
      * is one, and place the input stream at the header of the
      * next entry.
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ private byte[] getRecord() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the record size being used by this stream's buffer.
+     * Gets the record size being used by this stream's buffer.
      *
      * @return The TarBuffer record size.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarFile.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarFile.java
index 3c4107ddff0..064e5b2adde 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarFile.java
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ private void consumeRemainderOfLastBlock() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get all TAR Archive Entries from the TarFile
+     * Gets all TAR Archive Entries from the TarFile
      *
      * @return All entries from the tar file
      */
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public InputStream getInputStream(final TarArchiveEntry entry) throws IOExceptio
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the next entry in this tar archive as long name data.
+     * Gets the next entry in this tar archive as long name data.
      *
      * @return The next entry in the archive as long name data, or null.
      * @throws IOException on error
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ private byte[] getLongNameData() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the next entry in this tar archive. This will skip
+     * Gets the next entry in this tar archive. This will skip
      * to the end of the current entry, if there is one, and
      * place the position of the channel at the header of the
      * next entry, and read the header and instantiate a new
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ private TarArchiveEntry getNextTarEntry() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the next record in this tar archive. This will skip
+     * Gets the next record in this tar archive. This will skip
      * over any remaining data in the current entry, if there
      * is one, and place the input stream at the header of the
      * next entry.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/AsiExtraField.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/AsiExtraField.java
index 89e202f2d6b..8d34e0fa400 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/AsiExtraField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/AsiExtraField.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public ZipShort getCentralDirectoryLength() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the group id.
+     * Gets the group id.
      * @return the group id
      */
     public int getGroupId() {
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public int getMode() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the file mode for given permissions with the correct file type.
+     * Gets the file mode for given permissions with the correct file type.
      * @param mode the mode
      * @return the type with the mode
      */
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ protected int getMode(final int mode) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the user id.
+     * Gets the user id.
      * @return the user id
      */
     public int getUserId() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/PKWareExtraHeader.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/PKWareExtraHeader.java
index 30810100879..b4f584310af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/PKWareExtraHeader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/PKWareExtraHeader.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ protected final void assertMinimalLength(final int minimum, final int length)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the central data.
+     * Gets the central data.
      *
      * @return the central data if present, else return the local file data
      */
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public byte[] getCentralDirectoryData() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the central data length. If there is no central data, get the local
+     * Gets the central data length. If there is no central data, get the local
      * file data length.
      *
      * @return the central data length
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public ZipShort getCentralDirectoryLength() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the header id.
+     * Gets the header id.
      *
      * @return the header id
      */
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public ZipShort getHeaderId() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the local data.
+     * Gets the local data.
      *
      * @return the local data
      */
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public byte[] getLocalFileDataData() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the length of the local data.
+     * Gets the length of the local data.
      *
      * @return the length of the local data
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/UnrecognizedExtraField.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/UnrecognizedExtraField.java
index f738292521e..ca35d79bfb0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/UnrecognizedExtraField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/UnrecognizedExtraField.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class UnrecognizedExtraField implements ZipExtraField {
     private byte[] centralData;
 
     /**
-     * Get the central data.
+     * Gets the central data.
      * @return the central data if present, else return the local file data
      */
     @Override
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public byte[] getCentralDirectoryData() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the central data length.
+     * Gets the central data length.
      * If there is no central data, get the local file data length.
      * @return the central data length
      */
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public ZipShort getCentralDirectoryLength() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the header id.
+     * Gets the header id.
      * @return the header id
      */
     @Override
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public ZipShort getHeaderId() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the local data.
+     * Gets the local data.
      * @return the local data
      */
     @Override
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public byte[] getLocalFileDataData() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the length of the local data.
+     * Gets the length of the local data.
      * @return the length of the local data
      */
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0015_CertificateIdForFile.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0015_CertificateIdForFile.java
index 912e21bf8b7..0efaad42852 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0015_CertificateIdForFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0015_CertificateIdForFile.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public X0015_CertificateIdForFile() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get hash algorithm.
+     * Gets hash algorithm.
      * @return the hash algorithm
      */
     public HashAlgorithm getHashAlgorithm() {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public HashAlgorithm getHashAlgorithm() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get record count.
+     * Gets record count.
      * @return the record count
      */
     public int getRecordCount() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0016_CertificateIdForCentralDirectory.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0016_CertificateIdForCentralDirectory.java
index 3547f6740f1..4619142960a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0016_CertificateIdForCentralDirectory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0016_CertificateIdForCentralDirectory.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public X0016_CertificateIdForCentralDirectory() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get hash algorithm.
+     * Gets hash algorithm.
      * @return the hash algorithm
      */
     public HashAlgorithm getHashAlgorithm() {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public HashAlgorithm getHashAlgorithm() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get record count.
+     * Gets record count.
      * @return the record count
      */
     public int getRecordCount() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0017_StrongEncryptionHeader.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0017_StrongEncryptionHeader.java
index 875ba9a7fd7..2ec9c587828 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0017_StrongEncryptionHeader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/X0017_StrongEncryptionHeader.java
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ private void assertDynamicLengthFits(final String what, final int dynamicLength,
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get encryption algorithm.
+     * Gets encryption algorithm.
      * @return the encryption algorithm
      */
     public EncryptionAlgorithm getEncryptionAlgorithm() {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public EncryptionAlgorithm getEncryptionAlgorithm() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get hash algorithm.
+     * Gets hash algorithm.
      * @return the hash algorithm
      */
     public HashAlgorithm getHashAlgorithm() {
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public HashAlgorithm getHashAlgorithm() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get record count.
+     * Gets record count.
      * @return the record count
      */
     public long getRecordCount() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveEntry.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveEntry.java
index ab3e0e36458..5c6886ce2a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveEntry.java
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ private ZipExtraField[] getAllExtraFields() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get all extra fields, including unparseable ones.
+     * Gets all extra fields, including unparseable ones.
      * @return An array of all extra fields. Not necessarily a copy of internal data structures, hence private method
      */
     private ZipExtraField[] getAllExtraFieldsNoCopy() {
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ public int getMethod() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the name of the entry.
+     * Gets the name of the entry.
      *
      * <p>This method returns the raw name as it is stored inside of the archive.</p>
      *
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ public int getVersionRequired() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the hash code of the entry.
+     * Gets the hash code of the entry.
      * This uses the name as the hash code.
      * @return a hash code.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveInputStream.java
index 7e4294e6251..b6797a0d26f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveInputStream.java
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ private boolean findEocdRecord() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the number of bytes Inflater has actually processed.
+     * Gets the number of bytes Inflater has actually processed.
      *
      * <p>for Java &lt; Java7 the getBytes* methods in
      * Inflater/Deflater seem to return unsigned ints rather than
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveOutputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveOutputStream.java
index ab6d797e3ba..bbf4be711f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveOutputStream.java
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ private ByteBuffer getName(final ZipArchiveEntry ze) throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the existing ZIP64 extended information extra field or
+     * Gets the existing ZIP64 extended information extra field or
      * create a new one and add it to the entry.
      *
      * @since 1.3
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipEightByteInteger.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipEightByteInteger.java
index da4e755cb5f..69d815bdae6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipEightByteInteger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipEightByteInteger.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public final class ZipEightByteInteger implements Serializable {
     public static final ZipEightByteInteger ZERO = new ZipEightByteInteger(0);
 
     /**
-     * Get value as eight bytes in big endian byte order.
+     * Gets value as eight bytes in big endian byte order.
      * @param value the value to convert
      * @return value as eight bytes in big endian byte order
      */
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public static byte[] getBytes(final BigInteger value) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get value as eight bytes in big endian byte order.
+     * Gets value as eight bytes in big endian byte order.
      * @param value the value to convert
      * @return value as eight bytes in big endian byte order
      */
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public boolean equals(final Object o) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get value as eight bytes in big endian byte order.
+     * Gets value as eight bytes in big endian byte order.
      * @return value as eight bytes in big endian order
      */
     public byte[] getBytes() {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get value as Java long.
+     * Gets value as Java long.
      * @return value as a long
      */
     public long getLongValue() {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public long getLongValue() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get value as Java BigInteger.
+     * Gets value as Java BigInteger.
      * @return value as a BigInteger
      */
     public BigInteger getValue() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipLong.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipLong.java
index 7e74936bc77..b43a3e0f8a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipLong.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipLong.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public final class ZipLong implements Cloneable, Serializable {
     public static final ZipLong AED_SIG = new ZipLong(0X08064B50L);
 
     /**
-     * Get value as four bytes in big endian byte order.
+     * Gets value as four bytes in big endian byte order.
      * @param value the value to convert
      * @return value as four bytes in big endian byte order
      */
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public boolean equals(final Object o) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get value as four bytes in big endian byte order.
+     * Gets value as four bytes in big endian byte order.
      * @return value as four bytes in big endian order
      */
     public byte[] getBytes() {
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@ public byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get value as a (signed) java int
+     * Gets value as a (signed) java int
      * @return value as int
      * @since 1.15
      */
     public int getIntValue() { return (int) value;}
 
     /**
-     * Get value as Java long.
+     * Gets value as Java long.
      * @return value as a long
      */
     public long getValue() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipShort.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipShort.java
index f40a1a1f451..deb76892535 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipShort.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipShort.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public final class ZipShort implements Cloneable, Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     /**
-     * Get value as two bytes in big endian byte order.
+     * Gets value as two bytes in big endian byte order.
      * @param value the Java int to convert to bytes
      * @return the converted int as a byte array in big endian byte order
      */
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public boolean equals(final Object o) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get value as two bytes in big endian byte order.
+     * Gets value as two bytes in big endian byte order.
      * @return the value as a two byte array in big endian byte order
      */
     public byte[] getBytes() {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public byte[] getBytes() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get value as Java int.
+     * Gets value as Java int.
      * @return value as a Java int
      */
     public int getValue() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/lz77support/AbstractLZ77CompressorInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/lz77support/AbstractLZ77CompressorInputStream.java
index 788e5f2d1ec..b7e46213a48 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/lz77support/AbstractLZ77CompressorInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/lz77support/AbstractLZ77CompressorInputStream.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public long getCompressedCount() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the uncompressed size of the stream
+     * Gets the uncompressed size of the stream
      *
      * @return the uncompressed size
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/snappy/SnappyCompressorInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/snappy/SnappyCompressorInputStream.java
index 8a4dbcd3192..2a305ca9414 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/snappy/SnappyCompressorInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/snappy/SnappyCompressorInputStream.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ private void fill() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the uncompressed size of the stream
+     * Gets the uncompressed size of the stream
      *
      * @return the uncompressed size
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/harmony/unpack200/NewAttributeBands.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/harmony/unpack200/NewAttributeBands.java
index 8402b7cd6e6..0202fad2894 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/harmony/unpack200/NewAttributeBands.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/harmony/unpack200/NewAttributeBands.java
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ public BHSDCodec getCodec(final String layoutElement) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get one attribute at the given index from the various bands. The correct bands must have already been read in.
+     * Gets one attribute at the given index from the various bands. The correct bands must have already been read in.
      *
      * @param index TODO
      * @param elements TODO