diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
index b69a127fe6..69667ded09 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ The following example shows Groovy configuration:
 	ApplicationContext context = new GenericGroovyApplicationContext("services.groovy", "daos.groovy");
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 .Kotlin
-[source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes",role="secondary"]
+[source,kotlin,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes",role="secondary"]
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 val context = GenericGroovyApplicationContext("services.groovy", "daos.groovy")
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