diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/influx/InfluxProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/influx/InfluxProperties.java
index da64382420..f904b925e2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/influx/InfluxProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/influx/InfluxProperties.java
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public class InfluxProperties extends StepRegistryProperties {
 	private Boolean compressed;
 
 	/**
-	 * Check if Influx database exists before attempting to publish metrics to it, creating it if it does not exist.
+	 * Whether to create the Influx database if it does not exist before attempting to
+	 * publish metrics to it.
 	 */
 	private Boolean autoCreateDb;
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/influx/InfluxPropertiesConfigAdapter.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/influx/InfluxPropertiesConfigAdapter.java
index 47ca979244..c86288582f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/influx/InfluxPropertiesConfigAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/influx/InfluxPropertiesConfigAdapter.java
@@ -74,4 +74,5 @@ class InfluxPropertiesConfigAdapter extends
 	public boolean autoCreateDb() {
 		return get(InfluxProperties::getAutoCreateDb, InfluxConfig.super::autoCreateDb);
 	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index e9b2f2c782..f089118908 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -1340,6 +1340,7 @@ content into your application. Rather, pick only the properties that you need.
 	management.metrics.export.graphite.rate-units= # Base time unit used to report rates.
 	management.metrics.export.graphite.step= # Step size (i.e. reporting frequency) to use.
 	management.metrics.export.graphite.tags-as-prefix= # For the default naming convention, turn the specified tag keys into part of the metric prefix.
+	management.metrics.export.influx.auto-create-db= # Whether to create the Influx database if it does not exist before attempting to publish metrics to it.
 	management.metrics.export.influx.batch-size= # Number of measurements per request to use for the backend. If more measurements are found, then multiple requests will be made.
 	management.metrics.export.influx.compressed= # Enable GZIP compression of metrics batches published to Influx.
 	management.metrics.export.influx.connect-timeout= # Connection timeout for requests to the backend.