diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux-webclient.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux-webclient.adoc
index 01e2cb144a50..a8b3b595ed3e 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux-webclient.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux-webclient.adoc
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 = WebClient
 :page-section-summary-toc: 1
 
-Spring WebFlux includes a client to perform HTTP requests with. `WebClient` has a
-functional, fluent API based on Reactor, see xref:web-reactive.adoc#webflux-reactive-libraries[Reactive Libraries],
+Spring WebFlux includes a client to perform HTTP requests. `WebClient` has a
+functional, fluent API based on Reactor (see xref:web/webflux-reactive-libraries.adoc[Reactive Libraries])
 which enables declarative composition of asynchronous logic without the need to deal with
-threads or concurrency. It is fully non-blocking, it supports streaming, and relies on
+threads or concurrency. It is fully non-blocking, supports streaming, and relies on
 the same xref:web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc#webflux-codecs[codecs] that are also used to encode and
 decode request and response content on the server side.
 
-`WebClient` needs an HTTP client library to perform requests with. There is built-in
+`WebClient` needs an HTTP client library to perform requests. There is built-in
 support for the following:
 
 * {reactor-github-org}/reactor-netty[Reactor Netty]
 * {java-api}/java.net.http/java/net/http/HttpClient.html[JDK HttpClient]
 * https://github.com/jetty-project/jetty-reactive-httpclient[Jetty Reactive HttpClient]
 * https://hc.apache.org/index.html[Apache HttpComponents]
-* Others can be plugged via `ClientHttpConnector`.
+* Others can be plugged in via `ClientHttpConnector`.
diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc-client.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc-client.adoc
index 17bd4bcd567b..e22a36120212 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc-client.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc-client.adoc
@@ -15,27 +15,27 @@ See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc#rest-restclient[`RestClient`] for more de
 [[webmvc-webclient]]
 == `WebClient`
 
-`WebClient` is a reactive client to perform HTTP requests with a fluent API.
+`WebClient` is a reactive client for making HTTP requests with a fluent API.
 
-See xref:web/webflux-webclient.adoc[WebClient] for more details.
+See xref:web/webflux-webclient.adoc[`WebClient`] for more details.
 
 
 [[webmvc-resttemplate]]
 == `RestTemplate`
 
-`RestTemplate` is a synchronous client to perform HTTP requests. It is the original
+`RestTemplate` is a synchronous client for making HTTP requests. It is the original
 Spring REST client and exposes a simple, template-method API over underlying HTTP client
 libraries.
 
-See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc[REST Endpoints] for details.
+See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc#rest-resttemplate[`RestTemplate`] for details.
 
 
 [[webmvc-http-interface]]
 == HTTP Interface
 
-The Spring Frameworks lets you define an HTTP service as a Java interface with HTTP
+The Spring Framework lets you define an HTTP service as a Java interface with HTTP
 exchange methods. You can then generate a proxy that implements this interface and
 performs the exchanges. This helps to simplify HTTP remote access and provides additional
-flexibility for to choose an API style such as synchronous or reactive.
+flexibility for choosing an API style such as synchronous or reactive.
 
-See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc#rest-http-interface[REST Endpoints] for details.
+See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc#rest-http-interface[HTTP Interface] for details.
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
index bdfd1ca82b52..0d9376bf74f4 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
@@ -794,6 +794,25 @@ void collectionToDelimitedStringWithNullValuesShouldNotFail() {
 		assertThat(StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(Collections.singletonList(null))).isEqualTo("null");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void applyRelativePath() {
+		// Basic combination
+		assertThat(StringUtils.applyRelativePath("mypath/myfile", "otherfile")).isEqualTo("mypath/otherfile");
+		// Relative path starts with slash
+		assertThat(StringUtils.applyRelativePath("mypath/myfile", "/otherfile")).isEqualTo("mypath/otherfile");
+		// Includes root path
+		assertThat(StringUtils.applyRelativePath("/mypath/myfile", "otherfile")).isEqualTo("/mypath/otherfile");
+		assertThat(StringUtils.applyRelativePath("/mypath/myfile", "/otherfile")).isEqualTo("/mypath/otherfile");
+		// When base path has no slash
+		assertThat(StringUtils.applyRelativePath("myfile", "otherfile")).isEqualTo("otherfile");
+		// Keep parent directory token as-is
+		assertThat(StringUtils.applyRelativePath("mypath/myfile", "../otherfile")).isEqualTo("mypath/../otherfile");
+		// Base path ends with slash
+		assertThat(StringUtils.applyRelativePath("mypath/", "otherfile")).isEqualTo("mypath/otherfile");
+		// Empty relative path
+		assertThat(StringUtils.applyRelativePath("mypath/myfile", "")).isEqualTo("mypath/");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void truncatePreconditions() {
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()