diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc
index c29b5e9abbc..99e0d09913a 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ include-code::./UrlHandlerFilterConfiguration[tag=config,indent=0]
 Keep in mind the following:
 
 - the root path `"/"` is excluded from trailing slash handling.
-- prefer `@RequestMapping` over
 - `@RequestMapping("/")` adds a trailing slash to a type-level mapping, and therefore will
 not map when trailing slash handling applies; use `@RequestMapping` (no path attribute) instead.
 
diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/filters.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/filters.adoc
index 6a445ab3616..3e2aad25221 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/filters.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/filters.adoc
@@ -141,6 +141,5 @@ include-code::./UrlHandlerFilterConfiguration[tag=config,indent=0]
 Keep in mind the following:
 
 - the root path `"/"` is excluded from trailing slash handling.
-- prefer `@RequestMapping` over
 - `@RequestMapping("/")` adds a trailing slash to a type-level mapping, and therefore will
 not map when trailing slash handling applies; use `@RequestMapping` (no path attribute) instead.