diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/appendix.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/appendix.adoc
index 896453d8e9..9a8c9048c0 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/appendix.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/appendix.adoc
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ the repeated JNDI lookup overhead. See
 {spring-framework-api}++/jndi/JndiLocatorDelegate.html#IGNORE_JNDI_PROPERTY_NAME++[`JndiLocatorDelegate`]
 for details.
 
+| `spring.locking.strict`
+| Instructs Spring to enforce strict locking during bean creation, rather than the mix of
+strict and lenient locking that 6.2 applies by default. See
+{spring-framework-api}++/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.html#STRICT_LOCKING_PROPERTY_NAME++[`DefaultListableBeanFactory`]
+for details.
+
 | `spring.objenesis.ignore`
 | Instructs Spring to ignore Objenesis, not even attempting to use it. See
 {spring-framework-api}++/objenesis/SpringObjenesis.html#IGNORE_OBJENESIS_PROPERTY_NAME++[`SpringObjenesis`]
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
index cf395ec5c8..3ce177368d 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		implements ConfigurableListableBeanFactory, BeanDefinitionRegistry, Serializable {
 
 	/**
-	 * System property that instructs Spring to enforce string locking during bean creation,
+	 * System property that instructs Spring to enforce strict locking during bean creation,
 	 * rather than the mix of strict and lenient locking that 6.2 applies by default. Setting
 	 * this flag to "true" restores 6.1.x style locking in the entire pre-instantiation phase.
 	 * @since 6.2.6