diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfiguration.java
index a7e2d967a44a..0bf59e966ab5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfiguration.java
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
  * Indicates that a class provides configuration that can be automatically applied by
  * Spring Boot. Auto-configuration classes are regular
  * {@link Configuration @Configuration} with the exception that
- * {@literal Configuration#proxyBeanMethods() proxyBeanMethods} is always {@code false}.
- * They are located using {@link ImportCandidates}.
+ * {@link Configuration#proxyBeanMethods() proxyBeanMethods} is always {@code false}. They
+ * are located using {@link ImportCandidates}.
  * <p>
  * Generally auto-configuration classes are marked as {@link Conditional @Conditional}
  * (most often using {@link ConditionalOnClass @ConditionalOnClass} and