diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/messaging/kafka.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/messaging/kafka.adoc
index b6aee55333..9956d84f5f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/messaging/kafka.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/messaging/kafka.adoc
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ The properties supported by auto configuration are shown in the <<application-pr
 Note that, for the most part, these properties (hyphenated or camelCase) map directly to the Apache Kafka dotted properties.
 See the Apache Kafka documentation for details.
 
-Common properties (that don't include a client type in the name: `producer`, `consumer`, `admin`, or `streams`) apply to all clients.
-Most of these common values can be overridden for one or more of the component types, if needed.
+Properties that don't include a client type (`producer`, `consumer`, `admin`, or `streams`) in their name are considered to be common and apply to all clients.
+Most of these common properties can be overridden for one or more of the client types, if needed.
 
 Apache Kafka designates properties with an importance of HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW.
 Spring Boot auto-configuration supports all HIGH importance properties, some selected MEDIUM and LOW properties, and any properties that do not have a default value.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ If you wish to configure the individual client types with additional properties
 	        "[prop.five]": "fifth"
 ----
 
-This sets the common `prop.one` Kafka property to `first` (applies to producers, consumers, admins and streams), the `prop.two` admin property to `second`, the `prop.three` consumer property to `third`, the `prop.four` producer property to `fourth` and the `prop.five` streams property to `fifth`.
+This sets the common `prop.one` Kafka property to `first` (applies to producers, consumers, admins, and streams), the `prop.two` admin property to `second`, the `prop.three` consumer property to `third`, the `prop.four` producer property to `fourth` and the `prop.five` streams property to `fifth`.
 
 You can also configure the Spring Kafka `JsonDeserializer` as follows: