diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/domain.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/domain.adoc
index 5f0279681..4dbb9b7c7 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/domain.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/domain.adoc
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public Job footballJob() {
                      .start(playerLoad())
                      .next(gameLoad())
                      .next(playerSummarization())
-                     .end()
                      .build();
 }
 ----
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ public Job footballJob() {
                      .start(playerLoad())
                      .next(gameLoad())
                      .next(playerSummarization())
-                     .end()
                      .build();
 }
 ----
diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/job.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/job.adoc
index 746f24bb0..fde16deb0 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/job.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/job.adoc
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ public Job footballJob() {
                      .start(playerLoad())
                      .next(gameLoad())
                      .next(playerSummarization())
-                     .end()
                      .build();
 }
 ----
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ public Job footballJob() {
                      .start(playerLoad())
                      .next(gameLoad())
                      .next(playerSummarization())
-                     .end()
                      .build();
 }
 ----
diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/step.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/step.adoc
index 9aae66f94..42f41c750 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/step.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/src/main/asciidoc/step.adoc
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ value of 10 as it would be defined in Java:
 public Job sampleJob() {
     return this.jobBuilderFactory.get("sampleJob")
                      .start(step1())
-                     .end()
                      .build();
 }
 
@@ -507,7 +506,6 @@ public Job footballJob() {
 				.start(playerLoad())
 				.next(gameLoad())
 				.next(playerSummarization())
-				.end()
 				.build();
 }