diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/spring-batch-integration.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/spring-batch-integration.adoc
index f25cdda297..bf9b9504c4 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/spring-batch-integration.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/spring-batch-integration.adoc
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ public MessagingTemplate messagingTemplate() {
 }
 
 @Bean
-@StepScope()
+@StepScope
 public ChunkMessageChannelItemWriter itemWriter() {
     ChunkMessageChannelItemWriter chunkMessageChannelItemWriter = new ChunkMessageChannelItemWriter();
     chunkMessageChannelItemWriter.setMessagingOperations(messagingTemplate());