diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
index dcfc157cd47..a1e911c0633 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ Consider the following class:
 
 		// ... getter and setters
 
-		private static class Host {
+		public static class Host {
 
 			private String ip;