diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/annotation/DateTimeFormat.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/annotation/DateTimeFormat.java
index 3c84ff39287..e52d5d4f8bb 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/annotation/DateTimeFormat.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/annotation/DateTimeFormat.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public @interface DateTimeFormat {
 
 		/**
 		 * The most common ISO DateTime Format {@code yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ},
-		 * e.g. "2000-10-31 01:30:00.000-05:00".
+		 * e.g. "2000-10-31T01:30:00.000-05:00".
 		 * <p>This is the default if no annotation value is specified.
 		 */
 		DATE_TIME,