Revise transaction annotation recommendations

Closes gh-23538

framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/data-access/transaction/declarative/annotations.adoc

@@ -229,30 +229,27 @@ in the testing chapter for examples.
 ====
 
 You can apply the `@Transactional` annotation to an interface definition, a method
-on an interface, a class definition, or a method on a class. However, the
+on an interface, a class definition, or a method on a class. However, the mere presence
-mere presence of the `@Transactional` annotation is not enough to activate the
+of the `@Transactional` annotation is not enough to activate the transactional behavior.
-transactional behavior. The `@Transactional` annotation is merely metadata that can
+The `@Transactional` annotation is merely metadata that can be consumed by corresponding
-be consumed by some runtime infrastructure that is `@Transactional`-aware and that
+runtime infrastructure which uses that metadata to configure the appropriate beans with
-can use the metadata to configure the appropriate beans with transactional behavior.
+transactional behavior. In the preceding example, the `<tx:annotation-driven/>` element
-In the preceding example, the `<tx:annotation-driven/>` element switches on the
+switches on actual transaction management at runtime.
-transactional behavior.
 
-TIP: The Spring team recommends that you annotate only concrete classes (and methods of
+TIP: The Spring team recommends that you annotate methods of concrete classes with the
-concrete classes) with the `@Transactional` annotation, as opposed to annotating interfaces.
+`@Transactional` annotation, rather than relying on annotated methods in interfaces,
-You certainly can place the `@Transactional` annotation on an interface (or an interface
+even if the latter does work for interface-based and target-class proxies as of 5.0.
-method), but this works only as you would expect it to if you use interface-based
+Since Java annotations are not inherited from interfaces, interface-declared annotations
-proxies. The fact that Java annotations are not inherited from interfaces means that,
+are still not recognized by the weaving infrastructure when using AspectJ mode, so the
-if you use class-based proxies (`proxy-target-class="true"`) or the weaving-based
+aspect does not get applied. As a consequence, your transaction annotations may be
-aspect (`mode="aspectj"`), the transaction settings are not recognized by the proxying
+silently ignored: Your code might appear to "work" until you test a rollback scenario.
-and weaving infrastructure, and the object is not wrapped in a transactional proxy.
 
 NOTE: In proxy mode (which is the default), only external method calls coming in through
 the proxy are intercepted. This means that self-invocation (in effect, a method within
 the target object calling another method of the target object) does not lead to an actual
 transaction at runtime even if the invoked method is marked with `@Transactional`. Also,
 the proxy must be fully initialized to provide the expected behavior, so you should not
-rely on this feature in your initialization code -- for example, in a `@PostConstruct`
+rely on this feature in your initialization code -- e.g. in a `@PostConstruct` method.
-method.
 
 Consider using AspectJ mode (see the `mode` attribute in the following table) if you
 expect self-invocations to be wrapped with transactions as well. In this case, there is
@@ -277,20 +274,20 @@ is modified) to support `@Transactional` runtime behavior on any kind of method.
   framework (following proxy semantics, as discussed earlier, applying to method calls
   coming in through the proxy only). The alternative mode (`aspectj`) instead weaves the
   affected classes with Spring's AspectJ transaction aspect, modifying the target class
-  byte code to apply to any kind of method call. AspectJ weaving requires
+  byte code to apply to any kind of method call. AspectJ weaving requires `spring-aspects.jar`
-  `spring-aspects.jar` in the classpath as well as having load-time weaving (or compile-time
+  in the classpath as well as having load-time weaving (or compile-time weaving) enabled.
-  weaving) enabled. (See xref:core/aop/using-aspectj.adoc#aop-aj-ltw-spring[Spring configuration]
+  (See xref:core/aop/using-aspectj.adoc#aop-aj-ltw-spring[Spring configuration] for details
-  for details on how to set up load-time weaving.)
+  on how to set up load-time weaving.)
 
 | `proxy-target-class`
 | `proxyTargetClass`
 | `false`
 | Applies to `proxy` mode only. Controls what type of transactional proxies are created
-  for classes annotated with the `@Transactional` annotation. If the
+  for classes annotated with the `@Transactional` annotation. If the `proxy-target-class`
-  `proxy-target-class` attribute is set to `true`, class-based proxies are created.
+  attribute is set to `true`, class-based proxies are created. If `proxy-target-class` is
-  If `proxy-target-class` is `false` or if the attribute is omitted, then standard JDK
+  `false` or if the attribute is omitted, then standard JDK interface-based proxies are
-  interface-based proxies are created. (See xref:core/aop/proxying.adoc[Proxying Mechanisms]
+  created. (See xref:core/aop/proxying.adoc[Proxying Mechanisms] for a detailed examination
-  for a detailed examination of the different proxy types.)
+  of the different proxy types.)
 
 | `order`
 | `order`