diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 7f8cd14676..fee7e8bb42 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -733,14 +733,20 @@ For instance, the two examples below produce the same result:
 
 [source,yaml,indent=0,configblocks]
 ----
-spring.config.import=my.properties
-my.property=value
+	spring:
+	  config:
+	    import: my.properties
+	my:
+	  property: value
 ----
 
 [source,yaml,indent=0,configblocks]
 ----
-my.property=value
-spring.config.import=my.properties
+	my:
+	  property: value
+	spring:
+	  config:
+	    import: my.properties
 ----
 
 In both of the above examples, the values from the `my.properties` file will take precedence over the file that triggered its import.