diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 77ec21b2bd..abe21c3bca 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ converter will color the output according to the log level, for example:
 
 [source,indent=0]
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-%clr(%5p)
+%clr(-%5p)
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 The mapping of log level to a color is as follows: