diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc index 259f431ba7..45c3055b76 100644 --- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc +++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc @@ -2034,9 +2034,10 @@ NOTE: You can output the schema creation by enabling the `org.hibernate.SQL` log is done for you automatically if you enable the <>. In addition, a file named `import.sql` in the root of the classpath will be executed on -startup. This can be useful for demos and for testing if you are careful, but probably -not something you want to be on the classpath in production. It is a Hibernate feature -(nothing to do with Spring). +startup if Hibernate creates the schema from scratch (that is if the `ddl-auto` property +is set to `create` or `create-drop`). This can be useful for demos and for testing if you +are careful, but probably not something you want to be on the classpath in production. It +is a Hibernate feature (nothing to do with Spring). [[howto-initialize-a-database-using-spring-jdbc]]