diff --git a/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/test.adoc b/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/test.adoc
index 75d7d60678..2bf8495c44 100644
--- a/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/test.adoc
+++ b/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/test.adoc
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ For example, we might create an annotation named `@WithMockCustomUser` as shown
 
 [source,java]
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+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @WithSecurityContext(factory = WithMockCustomUserSecurityContextFactory.class)
 public @interface WithMockCustomUser {