diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/jdbc/JdbcDaoImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/jdbc/JdbcDaoImpl.java
index 347d820a99..47dcf9b4a9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/jdbc/JdbcDaoImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/jdbc/JdbcDaoImpl.java
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  */
 public class JdbcDaoImpl extends JdbcDaoSupport implements UserDetailsService, MessageSourceAware {
 
+	public static final String DEFAULT_USER_SCHEMA_DDL_LOCATION = "org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/jdbc/users.ddl";
+
 	// @formatter:off
 	public static final String DEF_USERS_BY_USERNAME_QUERY = "select username,password,enabled "
 			+ "from users "
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/passwords/jdbc.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/passwords/jdbc.adoc
index d4462eaaf8..c5ca66a613 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/passwords/jdbc.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/passwords/jdbc.adoc
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ In our example, we will setup an https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/cu
 DataSource dataSource() {
 	return new EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder()
 		.setType(H2)
-		.addScript("classpath:org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/jdbc/users.ddl")
+		.addScript(JdbcDaoImpl.DEFAULT_USER_SCHEMA_DDL_LOCATION)
 		.build();
 }
 ----
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ DataSource dataSource() {
 fun dataSource(): DataSource {
     return EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder()
         .setType(H2)
-        .addScript("classpath:org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/jdbc/users.ddl")
+        .addScript(JdbcDaoImpl.DEFAULT_USER_SCHEMA_DDL_LOCATION)
         .build()
 }
 ----