diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/EnableOpenTelemetry.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/EnableOpenTelemetry.java
index 8a5b2b95c9..e299776c2f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/EnableOpenTelemetry.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/EnableOpenTelemetry.java
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
-/** Auto-configures OpenTelemetry. Enables OpenTelemetry in Spring applications */
+/**
+ * Convenient annotation to leverage Spring autoconfiguration for OpenTelemetry in non-Spring Boot
+ * projects.
+ */
 @Configuration
 @ComponentScan(basePackages = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.autoconfigure")
 @Target(ElementType.TYPE)