diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.java
index 6b9bd448d25..eb38609aa7e 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.java
@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
 import org.springframework.core.type.filter.TypeFilter;
 
 /**
- * Configures component scanning directives for use with @{@link Configuration} classes.
- * Provides support parallel with Spring XML's {@code <context:component-scan>} element.
+ * Configures component scanning directives for use with {@link Configuration @Configuration}
+ * classes.
+ *
+ * <p>Provides support comparable to Spring's {@code <context:component-scan>}
+ * XML namespace element.
  *
  * <p>Either {@link #basePackageClasses} or {@link #basePackages} (or its alias
  * {@link #value}) may be specified to define specific packages to scan. If specific
- * packages are not defined, scanning will occur from the package of the
- * class that declares this annotation.
+ * packages are not defined, scanning will occur recursively beginning with the
+ * package of the class that declares this annotation.
  *
  * <p>Note that the {@code <context:component-scan>} element has an
  * {@code annotation-config} attribute; however, this annotation does not. This is because