diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/jmx/JmxEndpointProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/jmx/JmxEndpointProperties.java
index 6f39e12453..02faf967d3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/jmx/JmxEndpointProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/jmx/JmxEndpointProperties.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class JmxEndpointProperties {
 		private Set<String> include = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
 		/**
-		 * Endpoint IDs that should be excluded.
+		 * Endpoint IDs that should be excluded or '*' for all.
 		 */
 		private Set<String> exclude = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/web/WebEndpointProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/web/WebEndpointProperties.java
index ee20af6e20..ff8ba623b0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/web/WebEndpointProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/endpoint/web/WebEndpointProperties.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class WebEndpointProperties {
 		private Set<String> include = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
 		/**
-		 * Endpoint IDs that should be excluded.
+		 * Endpoint IDs that should be excluded or '*' for all.
 		 */
 		private Set<String> exclude = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index c38d4b9969..4eab17e228 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -1190,13 +1190,13 @@ content into your application. Rather, pick only the properties that you need.
 	# ENDPOINTS JMX CONFIGURATION ({sc-spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure}/endpoint/jmx/JmxEndpointProperties.{sc-ext}[JmxEndpointProperties])
 	management.endpoints.jmx.domain=org.springframework.boot # Endpoints JMX domain name. Fallback to 'spring.jmx.default-domain' if set.
 	management.endpoints.jmx.exposure.include=* # Endpoint IDs that should be included or '*' for all.
-	management.endpoints.jmx.exposure.exclude= # Endpoint IDs that should be excluded.
+	management.endpoints.jmx.exposure.exclude= # Endpoint IDs that should be excluded or '*' for all.
 	management.endpoints.jmx.static-names= # Additional static properties to append to all ObjectNames of MBeans representing Endpoints.
 	management.endpoints.jmx.unique-names=false # Whether to ensure that ObjectNames are modified in case of conflict.
 
 	# ENDPOINTS WEB CONFIGURATION ({sc-spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure}/endpoint/web/WebEndpointProperties.{sc-ext}[WebEndpointProperties])
 	management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=health,info # Endpoint IDs that should be included or '*' for all.
-	management.endpoints.web.exposure.exclude= # Endpoint IDs that should be excluded.
+	management.endpoints.web.exposure.exclude= # Endpoint IDs that should be excluded or '*' for all.
 	management.endpoints.web.base-path=/actuator # Base path for Web endpoints. Relative to server.servlet.context-path or management.server.servlet.context-path if management.server.port is configured.
 	management.endpoints.web.path-mapping= # Mapping between endpoint IDs and the path that should expose them.