diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/i18n/AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/i18n/AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver.java
index 2e59931e97d..e5c027e9683 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/i18n/AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/i18n/AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver implements LocaleResolver {
 	/**
 	 * Configure a fixed default locale to fall back on if the request does not
 	 * have an "Accept-Language" header.
-	 * <p>By default this is not set in which case when there is "Accept-Language"
+	 * <p>By default this is not set in which case when there is no "Accept-Language"
 	 * header, the default locale for the server is used as defined in
 	 * {@link HttpServletRequest#getLocale()}.
 	 * @param defaultLocale the default locale to use
diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
index 945887632f4..d731b2bde0c 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
@@ -10657,9 +10657,8 @@ architectures that build upon the well-known Spring programming model.
 [[context-functionality-events-annotation]]
 ==== Annotation-based Event Listeners
 
-As of Spring 4.2, you can register an event listener on any public method of a managed
-bean by using the `@EventListener` annotation. The `BlockedListNotifier` can be rewritten as
-follows:
+You can register an event listener on any method of a managed bean by using the
+`@EventListener` annotation. The `BlockedListNotifier` can be rewritten as follows:
 
 [source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes",role="primary"]
 .Java
@@ -10797,9 +10796,9 @@ method signature to return the event that should be published, as the following
 NOTE: This feature is not supported for
 <<context-functionality-events-async, asynchronous listeners>>.
 
-This new method publishes a new `ListUpdateEvent` for every `BlockedListEvent` handled by the
-method above. If you need to publish several events, you can return a `Collection` of events
-instead.
+The `handleBlockedListEvent()` method publishes a new `ListUpdateEvent` for every
+`BlockedListEvent` that it handles. If you need to publish several events, you can return
+a `Collection` or an array of events instead.
 
 
 [[context-functionality-events-async]]