diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index eaf4bf3386..292c3f7df1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -7745,7 +7745,7 @@ class KotlinExampleProperties {
 
 	lateinit var foo2: String
 
-	lateinit val bar = Bar()
+	val bar = Bar()
 
 	class Bar {