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 52cef1b1db..14a9b28176 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -6409,8 +6409,9 @@ on auto-configuration classes (since these are guaranteed to load after any user
 beans definitions have been added).
 
 NOTE: `@ConditionalOnBean` and `@ConditionalOnMissingBean` do not prevent `@Configuration`
-classes from being created. Using these conditions at the class level is equivalent to
-marking each contained `@Bean` method with the annotation.
+classes from being created. The only difference between using these conditions at the class level
+and marking each contained `@Bean` method with the annotation is that the former prevents
+registration of the `@Configuration` class as a bean if the condition does not match.