diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractApplicationContext.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractApplicationContext.java
index 3fa935249c..347415b820 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractApplicationContext.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
@@ -728,9 +728,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 
 	/**
 	 * Modify the application context's internal bean factory after its standard
-	 * initialization. All bean definitions will have been loaded, but no beans
-	 * will have been instantiated yet. This allows for registering special
-	 * BeanPostProcessors etc in certain ApplicationContext implementations.
+	 * initialization. The initial definition resources will have been loaded but no
+	 * post-processors will have run and no derived bean definitions will have been
+	 * registered, and most importantly, no beans will have been instantiated yet.
+	 * <p>This template method allows for registering special BeanPostProcessors
+	 * etc in certain AbstractApplicationContext subclasses.
 	 * @param beanFactory the bean factory used by the application context
 	 */
 	protected void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {