diff --git a/spring-integration-reference/src/delayer.xml b/spring-integration-reference/src/delayer.xml
index 9fd30ccc7d..9942e1e249 100644
--- a/spring-integration-reference/src/delayer.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-reference/src/delayer.xml
@@ -47,11 +47,15 @@
       </tip>
     </para>
     <para>
-      The default scheduler will have a thread pool of size 1. If you want to configure and provide a
-      different scheduler, you can provide the reference through the 'scheduler' attribute:
+      The delayer delegates to an instance of Spring's <interfacename>TaskScheduler</interfacename> abstraction.
+      The default scheduler is a <classname>ThreadPoolTaskScheduler</classname> instance with a pool size of 1.
+      If you want to delegate to a different scheduler, you can provide a reference through the delayer element's
+      'scheduler' attribute:
       <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[ <delayer input-channel="input" output-channel="output"
           default-delay="0" delay-header-name="delay"
-          scheduler="someScheduledExecutorService"/>]]></programlisting>
+          scheduler="exampleTaskScheduler"/>
+
+ <task:scheduler id="exampleTaskScheduler" pool-size="3"/>]]></programlisting>
     </para>
   </section>