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 3f0eb8c5b0..3191e49f16 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
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ Assume the following:
 
 [source,properties,indent=0]
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-	spring.flyway.locations=classpath: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 according to the type of the database (such as `db/migration/mysql` for MySQL).