diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
index 1cbab6c3ee..d46a46fb00 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ For example, the following class:
 
 		// ... getter and setters
 
-		private static class Host {
+		public static class Host {
 
 			private String ip;