diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJProxyUtils.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJProxyUtils.java
index 329722b5d69..ce06f9cde00 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJProxyUtils.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJProxyUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 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.
@@ -27,27 +27,31 @@ import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor;
  *
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Ramnivas Laddad
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public abstract class AspectJProxyUtils {
 
 	/**
-	 * Add special advisors if necessary to work with a proxy chain that contains AspectJ advisors.
-	 * This will expose the current Spring AOP invocation (necessary for some AspectJ pointcut matching)
-	 * and make available the current AspectJ JoinPoint. The call will have no effect if there are no
-	 * AspectJ advisors in the advisor chain.
+	 * Add special advisors if necessary to work with a proxy chain that contains AspectJ advisors:
+	 * concretely, {@link ExposeInvocationInterceptor} at the beginning of the list.
+	 * <p>This will expose the current Spring AOP invocation (necessary for some AspectJ pointcut
+	 * matching) and make available the current AspectJ JoinPoint. The call will have no effect
+	 * if there are no AspectJ advisors in the advisor chain.
 	 * @param advisors the advisors available
-	 * @return {@code true} if any special {@link Advisor Advisors} were added, otherwise {@code false}
+	 * @return {@code true} if an {@link ExposeInvocationInterceptor} was added to the list,
+	 * otherwise {@code false}
 	 */
 	public static boolean makeAdvisorChainAspectJCapableIfNecessary(List<Advisor> advisors) {
 		// Don't add advisors to an empty list; may indicate that proxying is just not required
 		if (!advisors.isEmpty()) {
 			boolean foundAspectJAdvice = false;
 			for (Advisor advisor : advisors) {
-				// Be careful not to get the Advice without a guard, as
-				// this might eagerly instantiate a non-singleton AspectJ aspect
+				// Be careful not to get the Advice without a guard, as this might eagerly
+				// instantiate a non-singleton AspectJ aspect...
 				if (isAspectJAdvice(advisor)) {
 					foundAspectJAdvice = true;
+					break;
 				}
 			}
 			if (foundAspectJAdvice && !advisors.contains(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.ADVISOR)) {