<div dir="ltr"><div>Referring to this version of the JLS: <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se11/html/jls-1.html#jls-1.3">https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se11/html/jls-1.html#jls-1.3</a> :</div><div><br></div><div>Section 1.3 ("Notation") says that "non-normative information [...] is given in smaller, indented
               text."</div><div><br></div><div>It's not actually indented (neither in the example given there, nor when this convention is used in the specification) but italicized.<br></div></div>