diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyProperties.java
index eb995e9bc7b..d99e58226ca 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyProperties.java
@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ public class Saml2RelyingPartyProperties {
 	public static class Registration {
 
 		/**
-		 * Relying party's entity ID template. Can generate its entity ID based on
-		 * possible variables of "baseUrl", "registrationId", "baseScheme", "baseHost",
-		 * and "basePort".
+		 * Relying party's entity ID. The value may contain a number of placeholders. They
+		 * are "baseUrl", "registrationId", "baseScheme", "baseHost", and "basePort".
 		 */
-		private String relyingPartyEntityId = "{baseUrl}/saml2/service-provider-metadata/{registrationId}";
+		private String entityId = "{baseUrl}/saml2/service-provider-metadata/{registrationId}";
 
 		private final Signing signing = new Signing();
 
@@ -64,12 +63,12 @@ public class Saml2RelyingPartyProperties {
 		 */
 		private final Identityprovider identityprovider = new Identityprovider();
 
-		public String getRelyingPartyEntityId() {
-			return this.relyingPartyEntityId;
+		public String getEntityId() {
+			return this.entityId;
 		}
 
-		public void setRelyingPartyEntityId(String entityId) {
-			this.relyingPartyEntityId = entityId;
+		public void setEntityId(String entityId) {
+			this.entityId = entityId;
 		}
 
 		public Signing getSigning() {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyRegistrationConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyRegistrationConfiguration.java
index 5c49b4f83cb..f2942603efb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyRegistrationConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyRegistrationConfiguration.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Saml2RelyingPartyRegistrationConfiguration {
 		builder.assertingPartyDetails((details) -> details
 				.verificationX509Credentials((credentials) -> properties.getIdentityprovider().getVerification()
 						.getCredentials().stream().map(this::asVerificationCredential).forEach(credentials::add)));
-		builder.entityId(properties.getRelyingPartyEntityId());
+		builder.entityId(properties.getEntityId());
 		RelyingPartyRegistration registration = builder.build();
 		boolean signRequest = registration.getAssertingPartyDetails().getWantAuthnRequestsSigned();
 		validateSigningCredentials(properties, signRequest);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyAutoConfigurationTests.java
index e4676e3561d..63ed6795e2d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class Saml2RelyingPartyAutoConfigurationTests {
 				PREFIX + ".foo.identityprovider.singlesignon.sign-request=false",
 				PREFIX + ".foo.identityprovider.entity-id=https://simplesaml-for-spring-saml.cfapps.io/saml2/idp/metadata.php",
 				PREFIX + ".foo.identityprovider.verification.credentials[0].certificate-location=classpath:saml/certificate-location",
-				PREFIX + ".foo.relying-party-entity-id={baseUrl}/saml2/foo-entity-id" };
+				PREFIX + ".foo.entity-id={baseUrl}/saml2/foo-entity-id" };
 	}
 
 	private boolean hasFilter(AssertableWebApplicationContext context, Class<? extends Filter> filter) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyPropertiesTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyPropertiesTests.java
index e28faa2f16c..7018e733bd2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/saml2/Saml2RelyingPartyPropertiesTests.java
@@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ class Saml2RelyingPartyPropertiesTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void customizeRelyingPartyEntityId() {
-		bind("spring.security.saml2.relyingparty.registration.simplesamlphp.relying-party-entity-id",
+		bind("spring.security.saml2.relyingparty.registration.simplesamlphp.entity-id",
 				"{baseUrl}/saml2/custom-entity-id");
-		assertThat(this.properties.getRegistration().get("simplesamlphp").getRelyingPartyEntityId())
+		assertThat(this.properties.getRegistration().get("simplesamlphp").getEntityId())
 				.isEqualTo("{baseUrl}/saml2/custom-entity-id");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void customizeRelyingPartyEntityIdDefaultsToServiceProviderMetadata() {
 		assertThat(RelyingPartyRegistration.withRegistrationId("id")).extracting("entityId")
-				.isEqualTo(new Saml2RelyingPartyProperties.Registration().getRelyingPartyEntityId());
+				.isEqualTo(new Saml2RelyingPartyProperties.Registration().getEntityId());
 	}
 
 	@Test