diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/HttpServiceProxyFactory.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/HttpServiceProxyFactory.java
index 30d8029346..42a9479182 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/HttpServiceProxyFactory.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/HttpServiceProxyFactory.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.service.annotation.HttpExchange;
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 6.0
+ * @see org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.support.WebClientAdapter
  */
 public final class HttpServiceProxyFactory implements InitializingBean, EmbeddedValueResolverAware {
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ public final class HttpServiceProxyFactory implements InitializingBean, Embedded
 	/**
 	 * Create an instance with the underlying HTTP client to use.
 	 * @param clientAdapter an adapter for the client
+	 * @see org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.support.WebClientAdapter#createHttpServiceProxyFactory(org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient)
 	 */
 	public HttpServiceProxyFactory(HttpClientAdapter clientAdapter) {
 		Assert.notNull(clientAdapter, "HttpClientAdapter is required");
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/support/WebClientAdapter.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/support/WebClientAdapter.java
index f9d9f7c90b..c4f1ac590f 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/support/WebClientAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/support/WebClientAdapter.java
@@ -29,20 +29,28 @@ import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ClientResponse;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
 import org.springframework.web.service.invoker.HttpClientAdapter;
 import org.springframework.web.service.invoker.HttpRequestValues;
+import org.springframework.web.service.invoker.HttpServiceProxyFactory;
 
 
 /**
- * {@link HttpClientAdapter} implementation for {@link WebClient}.
+ * {@link HttpClientAdapter} that enables an {@link HttpServiceProxyFactory} to
+ * use {@link WebClient} for request execution.
+ *
+ * <p>Use static factory methods in this class to create an
+ * {@code HttpServiceProxyFactory} configured with a given {@code WebClient}.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 6.0
  */
-public class WebClientAdapter implements HttpClientAdapter {
+public final class WebClientAdapter implements HttpClientAdapter {
 
 	private final WebClient webClient;
 
 
-	public WebClientAdapter(WebClient webClient) {
+	/**
+	 * Package private constructor. See static factory methods.
+	 */
+	private WebClientAdapter(WebClient webClient) {
 		this.webClient = webClient;
 	}
 
@@ -116,4 +124,38 @@ public class WebClientAdapter implements HttpClientAdapter {
 		return bodySpec;
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Static method to create a {@link HttpServiceProxyFactory} configured to
+	 * use the given {@link WebClient} instance. Effectively a shortcut for:
+	 * <pre>
+	 * WebClientAdapter adapter = WebClientAdapter.forClient(webClient);
+	 * HttpServiceProxyFactory proxyFactory = new HttpServiceProxyFactory(adapter);
+	 * </pre>
+	 * @param webClient the client to use
+	 * @return the created {@code HttpServiceProxyFactory} instance
+	 */
+	public static HttpServiceProxyFactory createHttpServiceProxyFactory(WebClient webClient) {
+		return new HttpServiceProxyFactory(new WebClientAdapter(webClient));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Variant of {@link #createHttpServiceProxyFactory(WebClient)} that accepts
+	 * a {@link WebClient.Builder} and uses it to create the client.
+	 * @param webClientBuilder a builder to create the client to use with
+	 * @return the created {@code HttpServiceProxyFactory} instance
+	 */
+	public static HttpServiceProxyFactory createHttpServiceProxyFactory(WebClient.Builder webClientBuilder) {
+		return createHttpServiceProxyFactory(webClientBuilder.build());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@link WebClientAdapter} for the given {@code WebClient} instance.
+	 * @param webClient the client to use
+	 * @return the created adapter instance
+	 */
+	public static WebClientAdapter forClient(WebClient webClient) {
+		return new WebClientAdapter(webClient);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/support/WebClientHttpServiceProxyTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/support/WebClientHttpServiceProxyTests.java
index 1de7120ca9..a05862eed4 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/support/WebClientHttpServiceProxyTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/support/WebClientHttpServiceProxyTests.java
@@ -106,10 +106,9 @@ public class WebClientHttpServiceProxyTests {
 	}
 
 	private TestHttpService initHttpService(WebClient webClient) throws Exception {
-		WebClientAdapter client = new WebClientAdapter(webClient);
-		HttpServiceProxyFactory proxyFactory = new HttpServiceProxyFactory(client);
-		proxyFactory.afterPropertiesSet();
-		return proxyFactory.createClient(TestHttpService.class);
+		HttpServiceProxyFactory factory = WebClientAdapter.createHttpServiceProxyFactory(webClient);
+		factory.afterPropertiesSet();
+		return factory.createClient(TestHttpService.class);
 	}
 
 	private void prepareResponse(Consumer<MockResponse> consumer) {
diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/integration.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/integration.adoc
index 56b1e891a0..9a3ed6cf5f 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/integration.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/integration.adoc
@@ -390,14 +390,10 @@ the `WebClient`:
 
 [source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
 ----
-	WebClient client = WebClient.builder()
-			.baseUrl("https://api.github.com/")
-			.build();
-
-	HttpServiceProxyFactory proxyFactory = 
-			HttpServiceProxyFactory.builder(new WebClientAdapter(client)).build();
+	WebClient client = WebClient.builder().baseUrl("https://api.github.com/").build();
+	HttpServiceProxyFactory factory = WebClientAdapter.createHttpServiceProxyFactory(client)).build();
 
-	RepositoryService service = proxyFactory.createClient(RepositoryService.class);
+	RepositoryService service = factory.createClient(RepositoryService.class);
 ----
 
 An HTTP service interface can declare common attributes at the type level: