Updated documentation to point out that AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext can accept both fully-qualified class names as well as base packages to the contextConfigLocation init-param.

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext.java

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.ScopeMetadataResolver;
  * <p>Unlike {@link XmlWebApplicationContext}, no default configuration class locations
  * are assumed. Rather, it is a requirement to set the "contextConfigLocation"
  * context-param for ContextLoader and/or "contextConfigLocation" init-param for
- * FrameworkServlet.
+ * FrameworkServlet.  The param-value may contain both fully-qualified
+ * class names and base packages to scan for components.
  *
  * <p>Note: In case of multiple {@literal @Configuration} classes, later {@literal @Bean}
  * definitions will override ones defined in earlier loaded files. This can be leveraged

spring-framework-reference/src/beans.xml

@@ -5832,7 +5832,8 @@ The above assumes that <literal>MyServiceImpl</literal>, <literal>Dependency1</l
     </context-param>
 
     <!-- Configuration locations must consist of one or more comma- or space-delimited
-         fully-qualified @Configuration classes -->
+         fully-qualified @Configuration classes. Fully-qualified packages may also be
+         specified for component-scanning -->
     <context-param>
         <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
         <param-value>com.acme.AppConfig</param-value>
@@ -5847,7 +5848,7 @@ The above assumes that <literal>MyServiceImpl</literal>, <literal>Dependency1</l
     <servlet>
         <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
         <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
-        <!-- Configure DispatcherServlet to use JavaConfigWebApplicationContext
+        <!-- Configure DispatcherServlet to use AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
              instead of the default XmlWebApplicationContext -->
         <init-param>
             <param-name>contextClass</param-name>