diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index cee5f25cf05..be8e6a762a7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -2704,20 +2704,7 @@ to the home page at "/" and keep the default for everything else:
 
 [source,java,indent=0]
 ----
-	@Configuration
-	public class WebSecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
-
-		@Override
-		public void init(WebSecurity web) {
-			web.ignore("/");
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
-			http.antMatcher("/**").authorizeRequests().anyRequest().authenticated();
-		}
-
-	}
+include::{code-examples}/web/security/UnauthenticatedAccessExample.java[tag=configuration]
 ----
 
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/security/UnauthenticatedAccessExample.java b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/security/UnauthenticatedAccessExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43917375e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/security/UnauthenticatedAccessExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.web.security;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.WebSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
+
+/**
+ * Example configuration for using a {@link WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter} to configure
+ * unauthenticated access to the home page at "/".
+ *
+ * @author Robert Stern
+ */
+public class UnauthenticatedAccessExample {
+
+	/**
+	 * {@link WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter} that provides init to configure
+	 * {@link WebSecurity} argument to customize access rules.
+	 */
+	// tag::configuration[]
+	@Configuration
+	static class WebSecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+
+		@Override
+		public void init(WebSecurity web) {
+			web.ignoring().antMatchers("/");
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+			http.antMatcher("/**").authorizeRequests().anyRequest().authenticated();
+		}
+	}
+	// end::configuration[]
+
+}