diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/step/chunk-oriented-processing/intercepting-execution.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/step/chunk-oriented-processing/intercepting-execution.adoc
index 023dcaee4f..d07884516a 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/step/chunk-oriented-processing/intercepting-execution.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/step/chunk-oriented-processing/intercepting-execution.adoc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public interface StepExecutionListener extends StepListener {
 }
 ----
 
-`ExitStatus` has a return type of `afterStep`, to give listeners the chance to
+`afterStep` has a return type of `ExitStatus`, to give listeners the chance to
 modify the exit code that is returned upon completion of a `Step`.
 
 The annotations corresponding to this interface are: