diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/AlphaComponent.java b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/AlphaComponent.java
index d54767ab84c7e..61a4fb32ae6e6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/AlphaComponent.java
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/AlphaComponent.java
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 import java.lang.annotation.*;
 
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
-@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD,
+/** A new component of Spark which may have unstable API's. */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER,
         ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE, ElementType.PACKAGE})
 public @interface AlphaComponent {}
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/DeveloperApi.java b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/DeveloperApi.java
index 74c63ea949b3e..808e8e4e2b153 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/DeveloperApi.java
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/DeveloperApi.java
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
 
 import java.lang.annotation.*;
 
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
-@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD,
+/**
+ * A lower-level, unstable API intended for developers.
+ *
+ * Developer API's might change or be removed in minor versions of Spark.
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER,
         ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE, ElementType.PACKAGE})
 public @interface DeveloperApi {}
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/Experimental.java b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/Experimental.java
index 58445cc2c1e86..643540f5330d8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/Experimental.java
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/annotations/Experimental.java
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@
 
 import java.lang.annotation.*;
 
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
-@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD,
+/**
+ * An experimental user-facing API.
+ *
+ * Experimental API's might change or be removed in minor versions of Spark, or be adopted as
+ * first-class Spark API's.
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER,
         ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE, ElementType.PACKAGE})
 public @interface Experimental {}