diff --git a/framework-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc-functional.adoc b/framework-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc-functional.adoc
index 828be373ae0..937cb19b971 100644
--- a/framework-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc-functional.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc-functional.adoc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ as the following example shows:
 	PersonRepository repository = ...
 	PersonHandler handler = new PersonHandler(repository);
 
-	RouterFunction<ServerResponse> route = route()
+	RouterFunction<ServerResponse> route = route() // <1>
 		.GET("/person/{id}", accept(APPLICATION_JSON), handler::getPerson)
 		.GET("/person", accept(APPLICATION_JSON), handler::listPeople)
 		.POST("/person", handler::createPerson)
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ as the following example shows:
 		}
 	}
 ----
+<1> Create router using `route()`.
 
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 .Kotlin