diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java
index a12095d88f..505c51fff6 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class DefaultResponseErrorHandler implements ResponseErrorHandler {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return error message with details from the response body:
+	 * Return error message with details from the response body. For example:
 	 * <pre>
 	 * 404 Not Found: [{'id': 123, 'message': 'my message'}]
 	 * </pre>