From 3ec908e87aaa8ebb7ee5b8be8b366b4c0547986b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Blum <jblum@pivotal.io>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 20:11:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Tip noting the required
 PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer bean definition when using Spring's
 @Value annotation and Spring Boot is not in play.

---
 docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
index a08e059..9f72a80 100644
--- a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ class MySpringSessionConfiguration {
 }
 ----
 
+TIP: Spring Boot will resolve `@Value` annotation property placeholder values or SpEL Expressions automatically.
+However, if you are not using Spring Boot, then you must explicitly register a static
+`PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer` bean definition.
+
 The choice is yours.
 
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