From 9a002a77b2d60d53f2278c4859c226b17a2583bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Brannen <104798+sbrannen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:21:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Stop referring to "Java-8" features in documentation

See gh-36310
---
 .../springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Autowired.java | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Autowired.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Autowired.java
index 137de6c19ac..8fe99d0ede0 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Autowired.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Autowired.java
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  *
  * <h3>Multiple Arguments and 'required' Semantics</h3>
  * <p>In the case of a multi-arg constructor or method, the {@link #required} attribute
- * is applicable to all arguments. Individual parameters may be declared as Java-8 style
- * {@link java.util.Optional} as well as {@code @Nullable} or a not-null parameter
- * type in Kotlin, overriding the base 'required' semantics.
+ * is applicable to all arguments. Individual parameters may be declared as
+ * {@link java.util.Optional}, {@code @Nullable}, or a not-null parameter type in
+ * Kotlin, overriding the base 'required' semantics.
  *
  * <h3>Autowiring Arrays, Collections, and Maps</h3>
  * <p>In case of an array, {@link java.util.Collection}, or {@link java.util.Map}