diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/application-configuration-guide.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/application-configuration-guide.adoc
index 57399be742774..4b0044d42a619 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/application-configuration-guide.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/application-configuration-guide.adoc
@@ -63,19 +63,18 @@ Edit the `org.acme.config.GreetingResource`, and introduce the 3 following confi
 
 [source,java]
 ----
-@Inject
 @ConfigProperty(name = "greeting.message")
 private String message;
 
-@Inject
 @ConfigProperty(name = "greeting.suffix", defaultValue="!")
 private String suffix;
 
-@Inject
 @ConfigProperty(name = "greeting.name")
 private Optional<String> name;
 ----
 
+NOTE: The `@Inject` annotation is not strictly necessary from members annotated with `@ConfigProperty`, a behavior which differs from https://microprofile.io/project/eclipse/microprofile-config[MicroProfile Config]
+
 If you do not provide a value for the first property, it will have a `null` value.
 The second property injects the given default value if the configuration file does not provide a value.
 The third property is optional. The injected `Optional` is empty as the configuration file does not provide a value.
@@ -189,4 +188,4 @@ NOTE: Environment variables names are following the conversion rules of link:htt
 
 There are converters that convert your property file content from `String` to typed Java types. See the list link:https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-config/blob/master/spec/src/main/asciidoc/converters.asciidoc[in the specification].
 
-// TODO: make Ken review this section and discuss SmallRye expansion.
\ No newline at end of file
+// TODO: make Ken review this section and discuss SmallRye expansion.
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/health-guide.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/health-guide.adoc
index bd4a91618df02..b1eeca00e74ea 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/health-guide.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/health-guide.adoc
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 @ApplicationScoped
 public class DatabaseConnectionHealthCheck implements HealthCheck {
     
-    @Inject
     @ConfigProperty(name = "database.up", defaultValue = "false")
     private boolean databaseUp;