diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/TracingProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/TracingProperties.java
index 03dd6c2ee4e..7fe030ca165 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/TracingProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/TracingProperties.java
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ public class TracingProperties {
 			private int maxBatchSize = 512;
 
 			/**
-			 * Maximum number of Spans that are kept in the queue before start dropping.
+			 * Maximum number of spans that are kept in the queue before they will be
+			 * dropped.
 			 */
 			private int maxQueueSize = 2048;