diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/reference/pages/web/spring-security.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/reference/pages/web/spring-security.adoc
index bfdff877ab32..3fe36cc92e25 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/reference/pages/web/spring-security.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/reference/pages/web/spring-security.adoc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ javadoc:org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.servlet.SecurityAutoConf
 To completely switch off the default web application security configuration, including Actuator security, or to combine multiple Spring Security components such as OAuth2 Client and Resource Server, add a bean of type javadoc:org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain[] (doing so does not disable the javadoc:org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService[] configuration).
 To also switch off the javadoc:org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService[] configuration, add a bean of type javadoc:org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService[], javadoc:org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider[], or javadoc:org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager[].
 
-The auto-configuration of a javadoc:org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService[] will also back off any of the following Spring Security modules is on the classpath:
+The auto-configuration of a javadoc:org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService[] will also back off when any of the following Spring Security modules is on the classpath:
 
 - `spring-security-oauth2-client`
 - `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server`