diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index 3c3e238b3d..2eb692f14f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ the following:
 
 [source,properties,indent=0]
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-	spring.flyway.locations=db/migration/{vendor}
+	spring.flyway.locations=classpath:db/migration/{vendor}
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 Rather than using `db/migration`, the preceding configuration sets the folder to use