diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotation.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotation.java
index 3ec013e432..be62d40d94 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotation.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotation.java
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ public interface MergedAnnotation<A extends Annotation> {
 		}
 
 		/**
-		 * Factory method to create a {@link Adapt} array from a set of boolean flags.
+		 * Factory method to create an {@link Adapt} array from a set of boolean flags.
 		 * @param classToString if {@link Adapt#CLASS_TO_STRING} is included
 		 * @param annotationsToMap if {@link Adapt#ANNOTATION_TO_MAP} is included
 		 * @return a new {@link Adapt} array
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotationPredicates.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotationPredicates.java
index d62620f7d3..9fafbc0d7f 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotationPredicates.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotationPredicates.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public abstract class MergedAnnotationPredicates {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a new {@link Predicate} that evaluates to {@code true} if the
+	 * Create a new {@link Predicate} that evaluates to {@code true} if the name of the
 	 * {@linkplain MergedAnnotation#getType() merged annotation type} is contained in
 	 * the specified array.
 	 * @param <A> the annotation type
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class MergedAnnotationPredicates {
 	/**
 	 * Create a new {@link Predicate} that evaluates to {@code true} if the
 	 * {@linkplain MergedAnnotation#getType() merged annotation type} is contained in
-	 * the collection.
+	 * the specified collection.
 	 * @param <A> the annotation type
 	 * @param types the type names or classes that should be matched
 	 * @return a {@link Predicate} to test the annotation type
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ public abstract class MergedAnnotationPredicates {
 	 * Create a new stateful, single use {@link Predicate} that matches only
 	 * the first run of an extracted value. For example,
 	 * {@code MergedAnnotationPredicates.firstRunOf(MergedAnnotation::distance)}
-	 * will match the first annotation, and any subsequent run that have the
+	 * will match the first annotation, and any subsequent runs that have the
 	 * same distance.
 	 * <p>NOTE: This predicate only matches the first run. Once the extracted
-	 * value changes, the predicate always returns {@code false}. I.e. if you
-	 * have a set of annotations with distances {@code [1, 1, 2, 1]} then only
-	 * the first two will match.
+	 * value changes, the predicate always returns {@code false}. For example,
+	 * if you have a set of annotations with distances {@code [1, 1, 2, 1]} then
+	 * only the first two will match.
 	 * @param valueExtractor function used to extract the value to check
 	 * @return a {@link Predicate} that matches the first run of the extracted
 	 * values
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotationsCollection.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotationsCollection.java
index 5f916787e9..4c406494e5 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotationsCollection.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/MergedAnnotationsCollection.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
- * {@link MergedAnnotations} implementation backed by a {@link Collection}
+ * {@link MergedAnnotations} implementation backed by a {@link Collection} of
  * {@link MergedAnnotation} instances that represent direct annotations.
  *
  * @author Phillip Webb
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
index 69a2e39f55..19a66da16a 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
@@ -875,10 +875,10 @@ class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 	@Inherited
 	@interface AliasedTransactional {
 
-		@AliasFor(attribute = "qualifier")
+		@AliasFor("qualifier")
 		String value() default "";
 
-		@AliasFor(attribute = "value")
+		@AliasFor("value")
 		String qualifier() default "";
 	}
 
@@ -956,10 +956,10 @@ class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 	@interface ContextConfig {
 
-		@AliasFor(attribute = "locations")
+		@AliasFor("locations")
 		String[] value() default {};
 
-		@AliasFor(attribute = "value")
+		@AliasFor("value")
 		String[] locations() default {};
 
 		Class<?>[] classes() default {};