diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index 7ffc26bd3b..0106bf58e3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.thymeleaf.suffix=.html
 	spring.thymeleaf.mode=HTML5
 	spring.thymeleaf.encoding=UTF-8
+	spring.thymeleaf.contentType=text/html # ;charset=<encoding> is added
 	spring.thymeleaf.cache=true # set to false for hot refresh
 
 	# INTERNATIONALIZATION ({sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.{sc-ext}[MessageSourceAutoConfiguration])