diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.java
index ee8783a0964d..f61a767bcc8f 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.java
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ else if (result instanceof CompletionStage<?> completionStage) {
 					handleAsyncError(ex);
 				}
 				else if (event != null) {
-					publishEvent(event);
+					publishEvents(event);
 				}
 			});
 		}
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@ public String toString() {
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Inner class to avoid a hard dependency on the Reactive Streams API at runtime.
+	 */
 	private class ReactiveResultHandler {
 
 		public boolean subscribeToPublisher(Object result) {
@@ -479,6 +482,9 @@ public boolean subscribeToPublisher(Object result) {
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Reactive Streams Subscriber for publishing follow-up events.
+	 */
 	private class EventPublicationSubscriber implements Subscriber<Object> {
 
 		@Override