diff --git a/src/Generators/HTML.php b/src/Generators/HTML.php
index 14b2c69fa3..e9cf85c359 100644
--- a/src/Generators/HTML.php
+++ b/src/Generators/HTML.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 use DOMDocument;
 use DOMElement;
-use DOMNode;
 use PHP_CodeSniffer\Config;
 use PHP_CodeSniffer\Exceptions\GeneratorException;
 
@@ -318,14 +317,14 @@ private function titleToAnchor(string $title)
     /**
      * Format a text block found in a standard.
      *
-     * @param \DOMNode $node The DOMNode object for the text block.
+     * @param \DOMElement $node The DOMElement object for the text block.
      *
      * @since 3.12.0 Replaces the HTML::printTextBlock() method,
      *               which was deprecated in 3.12.0 and removed in 4.0.0.
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMNode $node)
+    protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMElement $node)
     {
         $content = $node->nodeValue;
         if (empty($content) === true) {
@@ -370,14 +369,14 @@ protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMNode $node)
     /**
      * Format a code comparison block found in a standard.
      *
-     * @param \DOMNode $node The DOMNode object for the code comparison block.
+     * @param \DOMElement $node The DOMElement object for the code comparison block.
      *
      * @since 3.12.0 Replaces the HTML::printCodeComparisonBlock() method,
      *               which was deprecated in 3.12.0 and removed in 4.0.0.
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function getFormattedCodeComparisonBlock(DOMNode $node)
+    protected function getFormattedCodeComparisonBlock(DOMElement $node)
     {
         $codeBlocks    = $node->getElementsByTagName('code');
         $firstCodeElm  = $codeBlocks->item(0);
diff --git a/src/Generators/Markdown.php b/src/Generators/Markdown.php
index 4a82910743..c1e2a422de 100644
--- a/src/Generators/Markdown.php
+++ b/src/Generators/Markdown.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 namespace PHP_CodeSniffer\Generators;
 
 use DOMElement;
-use DOMNode;
 use PHP_CodeSniffer\Config;
 use PHP_CodeSniffer\Exceptions\GeneratorException;
 
@@ -125,14 +124,14 @@ protected function processSniff(DOMElement $doc)
     /**
      * Format a text block found in a standard.
      *
-     * @param \DOMNode $node The DOMNode object for the text block.
+     * @param \DOMElement $node The DOMElement object for the text block.
      *
      * @since 3.12.0 Replaces the Markdown::printTextBlock() method,
      *               which was deprecated in 3.12.0 and removed in 4.0.0.
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMNode $node)
+    protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMElement $node)
     {
         $content = $node->nodeValue;
         if (empty($content) === true) {
@@ -175,14 +174,14 @@ protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMNode $node)
     /**
      * Format a code comparison block found in a standard.
      *
-     * @param \DOMNode $node The DOMNode object for the code comparison block.
+     * @param \DOMElement $node The DOMElement object for the code comparison block.
      *
      * @since 3.12.0 Replaces the Markdown::printCodeComparisonBlock() method,
      *               which was deprecated in 3.12.0 and removed in 4.0.0.
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function getFormattedCodeComparisonBlock(DOMNode $node)
+    protected function getFormattedCodeComparisonBlock(DOMElement $node)
     {
         $codeBlocks    = $node->getElementsByTagName('code');
         $firstCodeElm  = $codeBlocks->item(0);
diff --git a/src/Generators/Text.php b/src/Generators/Text.php
index f902c9bd0b..6866d477c3 100644
--- a/src/Generators/Text.php
+++ b/src/Generators/Text.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 namespace PHP_CodeSniffer\Generators;
 
 use DOMElement;
-use DOMNode;
 
 class Text extends Generator
 {
@@ -78,14 +77,14 @@ protected function getFormattedTitle(DOMElement $doc)
     /**
      * Format a text block found in a standard.
      *
-     * @param \DOMNode $node The DOMNode object for the text block.
+     * @param \DOMElement $node The DOMElement object for the text block.
      *
      * @since 3.12.0 Replaces the Text::printTextBlock() method,
      *               which was deprecated in 3.12.0 and removed in 4.0.0.
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMNode $node)
+    protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMElement $node)
     {
         $text = $node->nodeValue;
         if (empty($text) === true) {
@@ -106,14 +105,14 @@ protected function getFormattedTextBlock(DOMNode $node)
     /**
      * Format a code comparison block found in a standard.
      *
-     * @param \DOMNode $node The DOMNode object for the code comparison block.
+     * @param \DOMElement $node The DOMElement object for the code comparison block.
      *
      * @since 3.12.0 Replaces the Text::printCodeComparisonBlock() method,
      *               which was deprecated in 3.12.0 and removed in 4.0.0.
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function getFormattedCodeComparisonBlock(DOMNode $node)
+    protected function getFormattedCodeComparisonBlock(DOMElement $node)
     {
         $codeBlocks    = $node->getElementsByTagName('code');
         $firstCodeElm  = $codeBlocks->item(0);