diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
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--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ batchTimeout::
 +
 Default: `0`.
 messageKeyExpression::
-Expression (executed against incoming message) used to resolve the key of the produced Kafka message. For example `headers.key` or `payload.myKey`.
+ A SpEL expression evaluated against the outgoing message used to populate the key of the produced Kafka message.
+For example `headers.key` or `payload.myKey`.
 +
 Default: `none`.
 configuration::