diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureBefore.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureBefore.java
index c8de3a50ab5..4abcf8d92bd 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureBefore.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureBefore.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public @interface AutoConfigureBefore {
 	Class<?>[] value() default {};
 
 	/**
-	 * The names of the auto-configure classes that should have already been applied.
+	 * The names of the auto-configure classes that should have not yet been applied.
 	 * @return the class names
 	 * @since 1.2.2
 	 */