diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/server/WebFluxTags.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/server/WebFluxTags.java
index 519d4d3826..75b92a4846 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/server/WebFluxTags.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/server/WebFluxTags.java
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ public final class WebFluxTags {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a {@code method} tag based on the response status of the given
+	 * Creates a {@code status} tag based on the response status of the given
 	 * {@code exchange}.
 	 * @param exchange the exchange
-	 * @return the "status" tag derived from the response status
+	 * @return the status tag derived from the response status
 	 */
 	public static Tag status(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 		HttpStatus status = exchange.getResponse().getStatusCode();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcTags.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcTags.java
index 74249012d2..f0a0a6a862 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcTags.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcTags.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public final class WebMvcTags {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a {@code method} tag based on the status of the given {@code response}.
+	 * Creates a {@code status} tag based on the status of the given {@code response}.
 	 * @param response the HTTP response
 	 * @return the status tag derived from the status of the response
 	 */