diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/processor.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/processor.adoc
index bbd61f1a9..439b6b3e6 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/processor.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/processor.adoc
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ objects, throwing an exception if any other type is provided. Similarly, the
 public Job ioSampleJob() {
 	return this.jobBuilderFactory.get("ioSampleJob")
 				.start(step1())
-				.end()
 				.build();
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +215,6 @@ Just as with the previous example, the composite processor can be configured int
 public Job ioSampleJob() {
 	return this.jobBuilderFactory.get("ioSampleJob")
 				.start(step1())
-				.end()
 				.build();
 }
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/readersAndWriters.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/readersAndWriters.adoc
index ed204efae..1eee0f5c5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/readersAndWriters.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/readersAndWriters.adoc
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ The following example shows how to inject a delegate as a stream in XML:
 public Job ioSampleJob() {
 	return this.jobBuilderFactory.get("ioSampleJob")
 				.start(step1())
-				.end()
 				.build();
 }