diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/logging.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/logging.adoc
index b49961c55393..509625143352 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/logging.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/logging.adoc
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ The following example shows how to set a Log4j2 property named `applicationName`
 [source,xml,subs="verbatim",indent=0]
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 	<Properties>
-		<Property name="applicationName">${spring:spring.application.name}</property>
+		<Property name="applicationName">${spring:spring.application.name}</Property>
 	</Properties>
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