diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/NamedLikeContextualKeyword.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/NamedLikeContextualKeyword.java
index c8f705aff43c..2fa733ac35c0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/NamedLikeContextualKeyword.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/NamedLikeContextualKeyword.java
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ public final class NamedLikeContextualKeyword extends BugChecker
           "yield");
   private static final Matcher<MethodTree> DISALLOWED_METHOD_NAME_MATCHER =
       allOf(not(methodIsConstructor()), methodIsNamed("yield"));
+  private static final ImmutableSet<String> AUTO_PROCESSORS =
+      ImmutableSet.of(
+          "com.google.auto.value.processor.AutoValueProcessor",
+          "com.google.auto.value.processor.AutoOneOfProcessor");
 
   private final boolean enableMethodNames;
   private final boolean enableClassNames;
@@ -100,6 +104,12 @@ public Description matchMethod(MethodTree tree, VisitorState state) {
     }
 
     MethodSymbol methodSymbol = ASTHelpers.getSymbol(tree);
+
+    // Don't alert if an @Auto... class (safe since reference always qualified).
+    if (isInGeneratedAutoCode(state)) {
+      return NO_MATCH;
+    }
+
     // Don't alert if method is an override (this includes interfaces)
     if (!streamSuperMethods(methodSymbol, state.getTypes()).findAny().isPresent()
         && DISALLOWED_METHOD_NAME_MATCHER.matches(tree, state)) {
@@ -153,4 +163,8 @@ private static String getQualifier(
       }
     }
   }
+
+  private static boolean isInGeneratedAutoCode(VisitorState state) {
+    return !Collections.disjoint(ASTHelpers.getGeneratedBy(state), AUTO_PROCESSORS);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/NamedLikeContextualKeywordTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/NamedLikeContextualKeywordTest.java
index 6eb1ebbb6d54..da56f24f4128 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/NamedLikeContextualKeywordTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/NamedLikeContextualKeywordTest.java
@@ -69,6 +69,67 @@ public void staticMethodName_error() {
         .doTest();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void autoOneOfMethodName_noError() {
+    helper
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "Test.java",
+            "import javax.annotation.processing.Generated;",
+            "@Generated(\"com.google.auto.value.processor.AutoOneOfProcessor\")",
+            "class Test  {",
+            "  static Throwable foo;",
+            "  public Test() {",
+            "  }",
+            " ",
+            "  public static void yield() { ",
+            "    foo = new NullPointerException(\"uh oh\");",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .setArgs("-XepOpt:NamedLikeContextualKeyword:EnableMethodNames")
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void autoValueMethodName_noError() {
+    helper
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "Test.java",
+            "import javax.annotation.processing.Generated;",
+            "@Generated(\"com.google.auto.value.processor.AutoValueProcessor\")",
+            "class Test  {",
+            "  static Throwable foo;",
+            "  public Test() {",
+            "  }",
+            " ",
+            "  public static void yield() { ",
+            "    foo = new NullPointerException(\"uh oh\");",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .setArgs("-XepOpt:NamedLikeContextualKeyword:EnableMethodNames")
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void generatedButNotAuto_error() {
+    helper
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "Test.java",
+            "import javax.annotation.processing.Generated;",
+            "@Generated(\"com.google.foo.Bar\")",
+            "class Test  {",
+            "  static Throwable foo;",
+            "  public Test() {",
+            "  }",
+            " ",
+            "  // BUG: Diagnostic contains: [NamedLikeContextualKeyword]",
+            "  public static void yield() { ",
+            "    foo = new NullPointerException(\"uh oh\");",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .setArgs("-XepOpt:NamedLikeContextualKeyword:EnableMethodNames")
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void className_error() {
     helper