diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
index e21c98f8e7..d8e99477bb 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
@@ -3536,10 +3536,10 @@ init-method.
 === Other Aware interfaces
 
 Besides `ApplicationContextAware` and `BeanNameAware` discussed above, Spring offers a
-range of `Aware` interfaces that allow beans to indicate to the container that they
-require a certain __infrastructure__ dependency. The most important `Aware` interfaces
-are summarized below - as a general rule, the name is a good indication of the
-dependency type:
+wide range of `Aware` callback interfaces that allow beans to indicate to the container
+that they require a certain __infrastructure__ dependency. The most important `Aware`
+interfaces are summarized below - as a general rule, the name is a good indication of
+the dependency type:
 
 [[beans-factory-nature-aware-list]]
 .Aware interfaces
diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-resources.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-resources.adoc
index fb464937c2..4e3b6b3f74 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-resources.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-resources.adoc
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ The following table summarizes the strategy for converting ``String``s to ``Reso
 [[resources-resourceloaderaware]]
 == The ResourceLoaderAware interface
 
-The `ResourceLoaderAware` interface is a special marker interface, identifying objects
-that expect to be provided with a `ResourceLoader` reference.
+The `ResourceLoaderAware` interface is a special callback interface which identifies
+components that expect to be provided with a `ResourceLoader` reference:
 
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