diff --git a/docs/guides/src/asciidoc/hellomvc.asc b/docs/guides/src/asciidoc/hellomvc.asc
index 6c871e118b4..97900814291 100644
--- a/docs/guides/src/asciidoc/hellomvc.asc
+++ b/docs/guides/src/asciidoc/hellomvc.asc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class RootConfiguration {
 
 The `@ComponentScan` is loading all configuration within the same package (and child packages) as `RootConfiguration`. Since <<security-config-java,SecurityConfig>> is in this package, it will be loaded with our existing setup and there is nothing more to do.
 
-NOTE: Had <<security-config-java,SecurityConfig>> not been loaded, we could have used an `@Import(SecurityConfig)` above the class definition of <<root-configuration-java,RootConfiguration>> or added <<security-config-java,SecurityConfig>> as one of the results for `getRootConfigClasses()`.
+NOTE: Had <<security-config-java,SecurityConfig>> not been loaded, we could have used an `@Import(SecurityConfig.class)` above the class definition of <<root-configuration-java,RootConfiguration>> or added <<security-config-java,SecurityConfig>> as one of the results for `getRootConfigClasses()`.
 
 include::{hello-include-dir}/exploring-the-secured-application.asc[]