diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-validation.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-validation.adoc
index d597322c95..ada8d5643d 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-validation.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-validation.adoc
@@ -1619,11 +1619,9 @@ the Spring Validation API, as the following example shows:
 
 Each bean validation constraint consists of two parts:
 
-* A `@Constraint` annotation
-that declares the constraint and its configurable properties.
-* An implementation
-of the `javax.validation.ConstraintValidator` interface that implements the constraint's
-behavior.
+* A `@Constraint` annotation that declares the constraint and its configurable properties.
+* An implementation of the `javax.validation.ConstraintValidator` interface that implements
+the constraint's behavior.
 
 To associate a declaration with an implementation, each `@Constraint` annotation
 references a corresponding `ConstraintValidator` implementation class. At runtime, a
diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc.adoc
index 44345bcdd9..506177fcb6 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc.adoc
@@ -4251,7 +4251,7 @@ FormatterRegistrar implementations.
 By default, if <<core.adoc#validation-beanvalidation-overview, Bean Validation>> is present
 on the classpath (for example, Hibernate Validator), the `LocalValidatorFactoryBean` is
 registered as a global <<core.adoc#validator, Validator>> for use with `@Valid` and
-`Validated` on controller method arguments.
+`@Validated` on `@Controller` method arguments.
 
 In Java configuration, you can customize the global `Validator` instance, as the
 following example shows: