diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.0.xsd b/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.0.xsd
index 10bce2d33a..4986e6c02d 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.0.xsd
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 				use="required">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
-	The comma-separated list of packages to scan for annotated components.
+	The comma/semicolon/space/tab/linefeed-separated list of packages to scan for annotated components.
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.1.xsd b/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.1.xsd
index fa3dde8666..d9aeea34c1 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.1.xsd
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 				use="required">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
-	The comma-separated list of packages to scan for annotated components.
+	The comma/semicolon/space/tab/linefeed-separated list of packages to scan for annotated components.
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
diff --git a/src/asciidoc/index.adoc b/src/asciidoc/index.adoc
index b2415a49eb..11bd090754 100644
--- a/src/asciidoc/index.adoc
+++ b/src/asciidoc/index.adoc
@@ -6265,7 +6265,7 @@ are eligible for such autodetection:
 To autodetect these classes and register the corresponding beans, you need to add
 `@ComponentScan` to your `@Configuration` class, where the `basePackages` attribute
 is a common parent package for the two classes. (Alternatively, you can specify a
-comma-separated list that includes the parent package of each class.)
+comma/semicolon/space-separated list that includes the parent package of each class.)
 
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