diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/EnableOpenTelemetry.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/EnableOpenTelemetry.java
index 8a5b2b95c9fa..28057bd1bc79 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/EnableOpenTelemetry.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/EnableOpenTelemetry.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
-/** Auto-configures OpenTelemetry. Enables OpenTelemetry in Spring applications */
+/** Convenient annotation to leverage Spring autoconfiguration for OpenTelemetry in non-Spring Boot projects. */
 @Configuration
 @ComponentScan(basePackages = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.autoconfigure")
 @Target(ElementType.TYPE)