diff --git a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
index 41f98542..81e24381 100644
--- a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ The following listings show how to do so in both Maven and Gradle:
 	</plugin>
 	<plugin> <2>
 		<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-		<version>2.7</version>
 		<executions>
 			<execution>
 				<id>copy-resources</id>
@@ -172,6 +171,7 @@ The following listings show how to do so in both Maven and Gradle:
 ----
 <1> The existing declaration for the Asciidoctor plugin.
 <2> The resource plugin must be declared after the Asciidoctor plugin as they are bound to the same phase (`prepare-package`) and the resource plugin must run after the Asciidoctor plugin to ensure that the documentation is generated before it's copied.
+If you are not using Spring Boot and its plugin management, declare the plugin with an appropriate `<version>`.
 <3> Copy the generated documentation into the build output's `static/docs` directory, from where it will be included in the jar file.
 
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