diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
index cc7aa88f75..c2249c4fa8 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
  * The default implementation of {@link CorsProcessor}, as defined by the
  * <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/cors/">CORS W3C recommendation</a>.
  *
- * <p>Note that when input {@link CorsConfiguration} is {@code null}, this
+ * <p>Note that when the supplied {@link CorsConfiguration} is {@code null}, this
  * implementation does not reject simple or actual requests outright but simply
- * avoid adding CORS headers to the response. CORS processing is also skipped
+ * avoids adding CORS headers to the response. CORS processing is also skipped
  * if the response already contains CORS headers.
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
index a0066367a4..cd736034a3 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.web.cors.reactive;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
  * The default implementation of {@link CorsProcessor},
  * as defined by the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/cors/">CORS W3C recommendation</a>.
  *
- * <p>Note that when input {@link CorsConfiguration} is {@code null}, this
+ * <p>Note that when the supplied {@link CorsConfiguration} is {@code null}, this
  * implementation does not reject simple or actual requests outright but simply
- * avoid adding CORS headers to the response. CORS processing is also skipped
+ * avoids adding CORS headers to the response. CORS processing is also skipped
  * if the response already contains CORS headers.
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
@@ -50,13 +49,12 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessor implements CorsProcessor {
 
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(DefaultCorsProcessor.class);
 
-	private static final List<String> VARY_HEADERS = Arrays.asList(
+	private static final List<String> VARY_HEADERS = List.of(
 			HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS);
 
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean process(@Nullable CorsConfiguration config, ServerWebExchange exchange) {
-
 		ServerHttpRequest request = exchange.getRequest();
 		ServerHttpResponse response = exchange.getResponse();
 		HttpHeaders responseHeaders = response.getHeaders();