diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
index 9ea183661e7..cf9d4d2a37c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ The following listing shows a typical `pom.xml` file:
 			<version>{spring-boot-version}</version>
 		</parent>
 
+		<!-- Override inherited license and developers -->
+		<licenses>
+ 			<license />
+ 		</licenses>
+ 		<developers>
+ 			<developer />
+ 		</developers>
+
 		<!-- Add typical dependencies for a web application -->
 		<dependencies>
 			<dependency>
@@ -462,6 +470,13 @@ Open your favorite text editor and add the following:
 			<version>{spring-boot-version}</version>
 		</parent>
 
+		<licenses>
+ 			<license />
+ 		</licenses>
+ 		<developers>
+ 			<developer />
+ 		</developers>
+
 		<!-- Additional lines to be added here... -->
 
 ifeval::["{spring-boot-artifactory-repo}" != "release"]