diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/how-to/pages/data-initialization.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/how-to/pages/data-initialization.adoc index d1086e502c9f..d18296dfe809 100644 --- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/how-to/pages/data-initialization.adoc +++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/how-to/pages/data-initialization.adoc @@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ Spring Boot supports two higher-level migration tools: https://flywaydb.org/[Fly [[howto.data-initialization.migration-tool.flyway]] === Execute Flyway Database Migrations on Startup -To automatically run Flyway database migrations on startup, add the `org.flywaydb:flyway-core` to your classpath. +To automatically run Flyway database migrations on startup, add the appropriate Flyway module to your classpath. +In-memory and file-based databases are supported by `org.flywaydb:flyway-core`. +Otherwise, a database-specific module is required. +For example, use `org.flywaydb:flyway-database-postgresql` with PostgreSQL and `org.flywaydb:flyway-mysql` with MySQL. +See https://documentation.red-gate.com/flyway/flyway-cli-and-api/supported-databases[the Flyway Documentation] for further details. Typically, migrations are scripts in the form `V__.sql` (with `` an underscore-separated version, such as '`1`' or '`2_1`'). By default, they are in a directory called `classpath:db/migration`, but you can modify that location by setting `spring.flyway.locations`.