diff --git a/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/servlet/architecture/core-services.adoc b/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/servlet/architecture/core-services.adoc index f32b7fffdf..d6528721da 100644 --- a/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/servlet/architecture/core-services.adoc +++ b/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/servlet/architecture/core-services.adoc @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Configuring the provider is quite simple: ---- The `PasswordEncoder` is optional. -A `PasswordEncoder` provides encoding and decoding of passwords presented in the `UserDetails` object that is returned from the configured `UserDetailsService`. +A `PasswordEncoder` provides encoding and matching of encoded passwords presented in the `UserDetails` object that is returned from the configured `UserDetailsService`. This will be discussed in more detail <>.