diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/ssl.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/ssl.adoc
index 161446ebab8..5f15b9720b8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/ssl.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/ssl.adoc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ When used to secure an embedded web server, a `keystore` is typically configured
                 private-key: "classpath:application.key"
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-When used to secure an embedded web server, a `truststore` is typically configured with the server certificate as shown in this example:
+When used to secure a client-side connection, a `truststore` is typically configured with the server certificate as shown in this example:
 
 [source,yaml,indent=0,subs="verbatim",configblocks]
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