--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javadoc/ClassDocImpl.java	Mon Oct 14 16:28:44 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javadoc/ClassDocImpl.java	Mon Oct 14 22:34:37 2013 -0700
@@ -619,8 +619,10 @@
         Names names = tsym.name.table.names;
         List<MethodDocImpl> methods = List.nil();
         for (Scope.Entry e = tsym.members().elems; e != null; e = e.sibling) {
-            if (e.sym != null &&
-                e.sym.kind == Kinds.MTH && e.sym.name != names.init) {
+            if (e.sym != null
+                && e.sym.kind == Kinds.MTH
+                && e.sym.name != names.init
+                && e.sym.name != names.clinit) {
                 MethodSymbol s = (MethodSymbol)e.sym;
                 if (!filter || env.shouldDocument(s)) {
                     methods = methods.prepend(env.getMethodDoc(s));

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javadoc/8025693/Test.java	Mon Oct 14 22:34:37 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8025693
+ * @summary javadoc should ignore <clinit> methods found in classes on classpath
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class Test {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        new Test().run();
+    }
+
+    final File baseFile = new File("src/Base.java");
+    final String baseText =
+        "package p;\n" +
+        "public class Base { static { } }\n";
+
+    final File srcFile = new File("src/C.java");
+    final String srcText =
+        "package p;\n" +
+        "/** comment */\n" +
+        "public abstract class C extends Base { }\n";
+
+    void run() throws Exception {
+        File classesDir = new File("classes");
+        classesDir.mkdirs();
+        writeFile(baseFile, baseText);
+        String[] javacArgs = {
+            "-d", classesDir.getPath(),
+            baseFile.getPath()
+        };
+        com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(javacArgs);
+
+        writeFile(srcFile, srcText);
+        String[] args = {
+            "-d", "api",
+            "-classpath", classesDir.getPath(),
+            "-package", "p",
+            srcFile.getPath()
+        };
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(baos);
+        PrintStream prev = System.err;
+        System.setErr(ps);
+        try {
+            int rc = com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(args);
+        } finally {
+            System.err.flush();
+            System.setErr(prev);
+        }
+        String out = baos.toString();
+        System.out.println(out);
+
+        String errorMessage = "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <clinit>";
+        if (out.contains(errorMessage))
+            throw new Exception("error message found: " + errorMessage);
+    }
+
+    void writeFile(File file, String body) throws IOException {
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        try (FileWriter out = new FileWriter(file)) {
+            out.write(body);
+        }
+    }
+}
+