diff --git a/config/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/security/config/doc/XsdDocumentedTests.groovy b/config/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/security/config/doc/XsdDocumentedTests.groovy
index 945a85a3e4..540d071924 100644
--- a/config/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/security/config/doc/XsdDocumentedTests.groovy
+++ b/config/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/security/config/doc/XsdDocumentedTests.groovy
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ import spock.lang.*
 class XsdDocumentedTests extends Specification {
 
     def ignoredIds = ['nsa-any-user-service','nsa-any-user-service-parents','nsa-authentication','nsa-ldap','nsa-method-security','nsa-web']
-    @Shared def appendix = new File('../docs/manual/src/docbook/appendix-namespace.xml')
-    @Shared def appendixRoot = new XmlSlurper().parse(appendix)
+    @Shared def reference = new File('../docs/manual/src/asciidoctor/index.adoc')
 
     @Shared File schema31xDocument = new File('src/main/resources/org/springframework/security/config/spring-security-3.1.xsd')
     @Shared File schemaDocument = new File('src/main/resources/org/springframework/security/config/spring-security-3.2.xsd')
@@ -41,29 +40,10 @@ class XsdDocumentedTests extends Specification {
     def setupSpec() {
         schemaRootElement = new XmlSlurper().parse(schemaDocument)
         elementNameToElement = new SpringSecurityXsdParser(rootElement: schemaRootElement).parse()
-        appendixRoot.getMetaClass().sections = {
-            delegate.breadthFirst().inject([]) {result, c->
-                if(c.name() == 'section' && c.@id) {
-                    result.add(c)
-                }
-                result
-            }
-        }
-        NodeChild.metaClass.hrefs = { result ->
-            def id = delegate.@id.text().replace('-parents', '').replace('-children', '')
-            result.put(id,[])
-            delegate.children().breadthFirst().each { sectionChild ->
-                def href = sectionChild.@linkend.text()
-                if(href) {
-                    result.get(id).add(href)
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     def cleanupSpec() {
-        appendix = null
-        appendixRoot = null
+        reference = null
         schema31xDocument = null
         schemaDocument = null
         elementNameToElement = null
@@ -120,17 +100,22 @@ class XsdDocumentedTests extends Specification {
      */
     def 'the entire schema is included in the appendix documentation'() {
         setup: 'get all the documented ids and the expected ids'
-        def documentedIds = appendixRoot.sections().collect { it.@id.text() }
+            def documentedIds = []
+            reference.eachLine { line ->
+                if(line.matches("\\[\\[(nsa-.*)\\]\\]")) {
+                    documentedIds.add(line.substring(2,line.length() - 2))
+                }
+            }
         when: 'the schema is compared to the appendix documentation'
-        def expectedIds = [] as Set
-        elementNameToElement*.value*.ids*.each { expectedIds.addAll it }
-        documentedIds.removeAll ignoredIds
-        expectedIds.removeAll ignoredIds
-        def undocumentedIds = (expectedIds - documentedIds)
-        def shouldNotBeDocumented = (documentedIds - expectedIds)
+            def expectedIds = [] as Set
+            elementNameToElement*.value*.ids*.each { expectedIds.addAll it }
+            documentedIds.removeAll ignoredIds
+            expectedIds.removeAll ignoredIds
+            def undocumentedIds = (expectedIds - documentedIds)
+            def shouldNotBeDocumented = (documentedIds - expectedIds)
         then: 'all the elements and attributes are documented'
-        shouldNotBeDocumented.empty
-        undocumentedIds.empty
+            shouldNotBeDocumented.empty
+            undocumentedIds.empty
     }
 
     /**
@@ -140,36 +125,55 @@ class XsdDocumentedTests extends Specification {
      */
     def 'validate parents and children are linked in the appendix documentation'() {
         when: "get all the links for each element's children and parents"
-        def docAttrNameToChildren = [:]
-        def docAttrNameToParents = [:]
-        appendixRoot.sections().each { c->
-            def id = c.@id.text()
-            if(id.endsWith('-parents')) {
-                c.hrefs(docAttrNameToParents)
+            def docAttrNameToChildren = [:]
+            def docAttrNameToParents = [:]
+
+            def currentDocAttrNameToElmt
+            def docAttrName
+
+            reference.eachLine { line ->
+                if(line.matches('^\\[\\[.*\\]\\]$')) {
+                    def id = line.substring(2,line.length() - 2)
+                    if(id.endsWith("-children")) {
+                        docAttrName = id.substring(0,id.length() - 9)
+                        currentDocAttrNameToElmt = docAttrNameToChildren
+                    } else if(id.endsWith("-parents")) {
+                        docAttrName = id.substring(0,id.length() - 8)
+                        currentDocAttrNameToElmt = docAttrNameToParents
+                    } else if(docAttrName && !id.startsWith(docAttrName)) {
+                        currentDocAttrNameToElmt = null
+                        docAttrName = null
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if(docAttrName) {
+                    def expression = '^\\* <<(nsa-.*),.*>>$'
+                    if(line.matches(expression)) {
+                        String elmtId = line.replaceAll(expression, '$1')
+                        currentDocAttrNameToElmt.get(docAttrName, []).add(elmtId)
+                    }
+                }
             }
-            if(id.endsWith('-children')) {
-                c.hrefs(docAttrNameToChildren)
+
+            def schemaAttrNameToParents = [:]
+            def schemaAttrNameToChildren = [:]
+            elementNameToElement.each { entry ->
+                def key = 'nsa-'+entry.key
+                if(ignoredIds.contains(key)) {
+                    return
+                }
+                def parentIds = entry.value.allParentElmts.values()*.id.findAll { !ignoredIds.contains(it) }.sort()
+                if(parentIds) {
+                    schemaAttrNameToParents.put(key,parentIds)
+                }
+                def childIds = entry.value.allChildElmts.values()*.id.findAll { !ignoredIds.contains(it) }.sort()
+                if(childIds) {
+                    schemaAttrNameToChildren.put(key,childIds)
+                }
             }
-        }
-        def schemaAttrNameToParents = [:]
-        def schemaAttrNameToChildren = [:]
-        elementNameToElement.each { entry ->
-            def key = 'nsa-'+entry.key
-            if(ignoredIds.contains(key)) {
-                return
-            }
-            def parentIds = entry.value.allParentElmts.values()*.id.findAll { !ignoredIds.contains(it) }.sort()
-            if(parentIds) {
-                schemaAttrNameToParents.put(key,parentIds)
-            }
-            def childIds = entry.value.allChildElmts.values()*.id.findAll { !ignoredIds.contains(it) }.sort()
-            if(childIds) {
-                schemaAttrNameToChildren.put(key,childIds)
-            }
-        }
         then: "the expected parents and children are all documented"
-        schemaAttrNameToChildren.sort() == docAttrNameToChildren.sort()
-        schemaAttrNameToParents.sort() == docAttrNameToParents.sort()
+            schemaAttrNameToChildren.sort() == docAttrNameToChildren.sort()
+            schemaAttrNameToParents.sort() == docAttrNameToParents.sort()
     }
 
     /**