diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/intTest/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/JarIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/intTest/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/JarIntegrationTests.java
index 05b6879901..72bc73f0bb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/intTest/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/JarIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/intTest/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/JarIntegrationTests.java
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class JarIntegrationTests extends AbstractArchiveIntegrationTests {
 				.hasEntryWithNameStartingWith("BOOT-INF/lib/spring-context")
 				.hasEntryWithNameStartingWith("BOOT-INF/lib/spring-core")
 				.hasEntryWithNameStartingWith("BOOT-INF/lib/spring-jcl")
-				.doesNotHaveEntryWithNameStartingWith("BOOT-INF/lib/jakarta.servlet-api-");
+				.doesNotHaveEntryWithName("BOOT-INF/lib/servlet-api-2.5.jar");
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
index 037b608a89..8b5409c6e7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractDependencyFilterMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
 	/**
 	 * Collection of artifact definitions to exclude. The {@link Exclude} element defines
-	 * mandatory {@code groupId} and {@code artifactId} properties and an optional
-	 * {@code classifier} property. If passing in excludes as a property the syntax is
-	 * <pre>-Dspring-boot.excludes=groupId1:artifactId1,groupId2:artifactId2:optional-qualifier</pre>
+	 * mandatory {@code groupId} and {@code artifactId} components and an optional
+	 * {@code classifier} component. When configured as a property, values should be
+	 * comma-separated with colon-separated components:
+	 * {@code groupId:artifactId,groupId:artifactId:classifier}
 	 * @since 1.1.0
 	 */
 	@Parameter(property = "spring-boot.excludes")