diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc
index 79fd11163b3c..18a03f3a09e1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc
@@ -1185,8 +1185,8 @@ The following table summarizes the features that are supported by `@Configuratio
 If you do want to use `@Value`, we recommend that you refer to property names using their canonical form (kebab-case using only lowercase letters).
 This will allow Spring Boot to use the same logic as it does when <<features#features.external-config.typesafe-configuration-properties.relaxed-binding, relaxed binding>> `@ConfigurationProperties`.
 
-For example, `@Value("{demo.item-price}")` will pick up `demo.item-price` and `demo.itemPrice` forms from the `application.properties` file, as well as `DEMO_ITEMPRICE` from the system environment.
-If you used `@Value("{demo.itemPrice}")` instead, `demo.item-price` and `DEMO_ITEMPRICE` would not be considered.
+For example, `@Value("${demo.item-price}")` will pick up `demo.item-price` and `demo.itemPrice` forms from the `application.properties` file, as well as `DEMO_ITEMPRICE` from the system environment.
+If you used `@Value("${demo.itemPrice}")` instead, `demo.item-price` and `DEMO_ITEMPRICE` would not be considered.
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 If you define a set of configuration keys for your own components, we recommend you group them in a POJO annotated with `@ConfigurationProperties`.