When using Gradle, upgrading from 0.0.15 to 0.0.17 results in unexpected formatting changes

[wilkinsona]

I think this is Gradle-specific so it may have been caused by #148. Upgrading to 0.0.17 (from 0.0.15) results in some unexpected changes in formatting:

• Javadoc line width is narrowed
• The description for javadoc @param tags is split onto a separate line:

 * @param name
 *            name of the library

• catch is moved onto the same line as the closing } of the try block

} catch (IOException ex) {

[ttddyy]

I started applying spring-javafomat plugin to our library yesterday, and noticed @param behavior too.
It would be appreciated to decide either fix this or go with this change going forward. So that, I can decide whether to use 0.0.17 or 0.0.15 to our code base.
I'd like to be consistent in our code style with spring-boot since my library is built on top of spring-boot; so code-style consistency is nice to have.