From 0005ec09c2cb135b4833626b937543fee419d088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Brannen <104798+sbrannen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:01:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix link to SpringProperties

See gh-36460
---
 .../testing/annotations/integration-junit-jupiter.adoc   | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/testing/annotations/integration-junit-jupiter.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/testing/annotations/integration-junit-jupiter.adoc
index 1ae4d6c4e1b..820ce06455e 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/testing/annotations/integration-junit-jupiter.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/testing/annotations/integration-junit-jupiter.adoc
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ class with `@SpringExtensionConfig(useTestClassScopedExtensionContext = true)`.
 
 Alternatively, you can change the global default by setting the
 `spring.test.extension.context.scope` property to `test_class`. The property is resolved
-first via the
-{spring-framework-api}/org/springframework/core/SpringProperties.html[`SpringProperties`]
-mechanism (in a `spring.properties` file on the classpath or via JVM system properties,
-for example `-Dspring.test.extension.context.scope=test_class`). If the Spring property
-has not been set, the `SpringExtension` will attempt to resolve the property as a
+first via the xref:appendix.adoc#appendix-spring-properties[`SpringProperties`] mechanism
+which also supports JVM system properties — for example,
+`-Dspring.test.extension.context.scope=test_class`. If the Spring property has not been
+set, the `SpringExtension` will attempt to resolve the property as a
 https://docs.junit.org/current/running-tests/configuration-parameters.html[JUnit Platform configuration parameter]
 as a fallback mechanism. If the property has not been set via either of those mechanisms,
 the `SpringExtension` will use a test-method scoped extension context by default. Note,