diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/howto/application.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/howto/application.adoc
index 638864778836..12220eda9229 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/howto/application.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/howto/application.adoc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The following example registers `ProjectConstraintViolationFailureAnalyzer`:
 	com.example.ProjectConstraintViolationFailureAnalyzer
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-NOTE: If you need access to the `BeanFactory` or the `Environment`, your `FailureAnalyzer` can implement `BeanFactoryAware` or `EnvironmentAware` respectively.
+NOTE: If you need access to the `BeanFactory` or the `Environment`, declare them as constructor arguments in your `FailureAnalyzer` implementation.