diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
index d0e2070b422..9a54353a3e2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Add the module dependency to your build, as shown in the following listings for
 
 When this module is included as a dependency Spring Boot will do the following:
 
-* Search for a `compose.yml` and other common compose filenames in your application directory
+* Search for a `compose.yml` and other common compose filenames in your working directory
 * Call `docker compose up` with the discovered `compose.yml`
 * Create service connection beans for each supported container
 * Call `docker compose stop` when the application is shutdown