diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
index 4bc383651c5..a8e568b7237 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Rob Harrop
  * @since 1.1
- * @see PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader
  */
 public abstract class BeanDefinitionReaderUtils {
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionRegistry.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionRegistry.java
index b97d1fa7329..4381cf7e61a 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionRegistry.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.AliasRegistry;
  * @see DefaultListableBeanFactory
  * @see org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
- * @see PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
  */
 public interface BeanDefinitionRegistry extends AliasRegistry {
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.java
index e66ff59fa41..60a49a92afa 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @since 26.11.2003
  * @see DefaultListableBeanFactory
  * @deprecated in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats and/or
- * custom reader implementations
+ * custom BeanDefinitionReader implementations
  */
 @Deprecated(since = "5.3")
 public class PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader {
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java
index 0d3da939384..07092477b3a 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext extends AbstractAppl
 	 * @param beanFactory the bean factory to load bean definitions into
 	 * @throws BeansException if parsing of the bean definitions failed
 	 * @throws IOException if loading of bean definition files failed
-	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
 	 */
 	protected abstract void loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory)
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContext.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContext.java
index 9d1028ecf8e..9a75057a7f2 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContext.java
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * GenericApplicationContext ctx = new GenericApplicationContext();
  * XmlBeanDefinitionReader xmlReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(ctx);
  * xmlReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("applicationContext.xml"));
- * PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader propReader = new PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader(ctx);
- * propReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("otherBeans.properties"));
  * ctx.refresh();
  *
  * MyBean myBean = (MyBean) ctx.getBean("myBean");
@@ -104,7 +102,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @see #registerBeanDefinition
  * @see #refresh()
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
- * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
  */
 public class GenericApplicationContext extends AbstractApplicationContext implements BeanDefinitionRegistry {
 
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/support/JdbcBeanDefinitionReader.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/support/JdbcBeanDefinitionReader.java
index bd8aab9113d..12b6d674ce5 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/support/JdbcBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/support/JdbcBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @see #loadBeanDefinitions
- * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
- * @deprecated in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats and/or custom
- * reader implementations
+ * @deprecated in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats and/or
+ * custom BeanDefinitionReader implementations
  */
 @Deprecated(since = "5.3")
 public class JdbcBeanDefinitionReader {