diff --git a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-getATypeInScope.md b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-getATypeInScope.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfb7e939060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-getATypeInScope.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: feature
+---
+* Added the predicate `CompilationUnit.getATypeInScope()`.
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-simple-name-type.md b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-simple-name-type.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ce21f6e180..00000000000
--- a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-simple-name-type.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-category: feature
----
-* Added the predicate `CompilationUnit.getATypeAvailableBySimpleName()`.
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/CompilationUnit.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/CompilationUnit.qll
index 621750b9098..74396e7086b 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/CompilationUnit.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/CompilationUnit.qll
@@ -32,42 +32,30 @@ class CompilationUnit extends Element, File {
   Module getModule() { cumodule(this, result) }
 
   /**
-   * Gets a type which is available by its simple name in this compilation unit.
-   * Reasons for this can be:
-   * - The type is declared in this compilation unit as top-level type
-   * - The type is imported
-   * - The type is declared in the same package as this compilation unit
-   * - The type is declared in the package `java.lang`
+   * Gets a type which is available in the top-level scope of this compilation unit.
+   * This can be a type:
+   * - declared in this compilation unit as top-level type
+   * - imported with an `import` declaration
+   * - declared in the same package as this compilation unit
+   * - declared in the package `java.lang`
+   *
+   * This predicate not consider "shadowing", it can have types as result whose simple name is
+   * shadowed by another type in scope.
    */
-  ClassOrInterface getATypeAvailableBySimpleName() {
+  ClassOrInterface getATypeInScope() {
     // See "Shadowing", https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se17/html/jls-6.html#jls-6.4.1
-    // Note: Currently the logic below does not consider shadowing and might have multiple results
-    // with the same type name
+    // Currently shadowing is not considered
     result.(TopLevelType).getCompilationUnit() = this
     or
-    exists(ImportStaticTypeMember importDecl |
-      importDecl.getCompilationUnit() = this and
-      result = importDecl.getATypeImport()
-    )
-    or
-    exists(ImportType importDecl |
-      importDecl.getCompilationUnit() = this and
-      result = importDecl.getImportedType()
-    )
-    or
-    exists(ImportStaticOnDemand importDecl |
-      importDecl.getCompilationUnit() = this and
-      result = importDecl.getATypeImport()
-    )
-    or
-    exists(ImportOnDemandFromType importDecl |
-      importDecl.getCompilationUnit() = this and
-      result = importDecl.getAnImport()
-    )
-    or
-    exists(ImportOnDemandFromPackage importDecl |
-      importDecl.getCompilationUnit() = this and
-      result = importDecl.getAnImport()
+    exists(Import importDecl | importDecl.getCompilationUnit() = this |
+      result =
+        [
+          importDecl.(ImportStaticTypeMember).getATypeImport(),
+          importDecl.(ImportType).getImportedType(),
+          importDecl.(ImportStaticOnDemand).getATypeImport(),
+          importDecl.(ImportOnDemandFromType).getAnImport(),
+          importDecl.(ImportOnDemandFromPackage).getAnImport(),
+        ]
     )
     or
     // From same package or java.lang, see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se17/html/jls-7.html
diff --git a/java/ql/src/Advisory/Documentation/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.ql b/java/ql/src/Advisory/Documentation/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.ql
index 1a5862bb9e8..2452dda4fc4 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Advisory/Documentation/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Advisory/Documentation/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.ql
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import java
 
 Class getTaggedType(ThrowsTag tag) {
   result.hasName(tag.getExceptionName()) and
-  result = tag.getFile().(CompilationUnit).getATypeAvailableBySimpleName()
+  result = tag.getFile().(CompilationUnit).getATypeInScope()
 }
 
 predicate canThrow(Callable callable, Class exception) {