diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/README.md b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/README.md
index 1ee579cf6c..3892e75733 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/README.md
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ This module contains articles about annotations used in Spring Data JPA
 
 - [DDD Aggregates and @DomainEvents](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-ddd)
 - [JPA @Embedded And @Embeddable](https://www.baeldung.com/jpa-embedded-embeddable)
-- [Spring Data JPA @Modifying Annotation](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-jpa-modifying-annotation)
 - [Spring JPA @Embedded and @EmbeddedId](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-jpa-embedded-method-parameters)
 - [Programmatic Transaction Management in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-programmatic-transaction-management)
 - [JPA Entity Lifecycle Events](https://www.baeldung.com/jpa-entity-lifecycle-events)
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/README.md b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/README.md
index 81398b1f00..42fbecc880 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/README.md
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This module contains articles about Spring Data JPA used in enterprise applicati
 - [Working with Lazy Element Collections in JPA](https://www.baeldung.com/java-jpa-lazy-collections)
 - [Custom Naming Convention with Spring Data JPA](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-jpa-custom-naming)
 - [Partial Data Update with Spring Data](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-partial-update)
+- [Spring Data JPA @Modifying Annotation](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-jpa-modifying-annotation)
 
 ### Eclipse Config 
 After importing the project into Eclipse, you may see the following error:  
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/daos/user/UserRepository.java b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/daos/user/UserRepository.java
index 53f692ff28..cfa99414c6 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/daos/user/UserRepository.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/daos/user/UserRepository.java
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<User, Integer> , UserRepos
     @Query("delete User u where u.active = false")
     int deleteDeactivatedUsers();
 
+    @Query("delete User u where u.active = false")
+    int deleteDeactivatedUsersWithNoModifyingAnnotation();
+
     @Modifying(clearAutomatically = true, flushAutomatically = true)
     @Query(value = "alter table USERS add column deleted int(1) not null default 0", nativeQuery = true)
     void addDeletedColumn();
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/test/java/com/baeldung/boot/daos/UserRepositoryCommon.java b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/test/java/com/baeldung/boot/daos/UserRepositoryCommon.java
index b2581b8034..e8841d921c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/test/java/com/baeldung/boot/daos/UserRepositoryCommon.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/test/java/com/baeldung/boot/daos/UserRepositoryCommon.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.baeldung.boot.daos;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 public class UserRepositoryCommon {
@@ -520,6 +522,22 @@ public class UserRepositoryCommon {
         assertEquals(1, deletedUsersCount);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @Transactional
+    public void givenTwoUsers_whenDeleteDeactivatedUsersWithNoModifyingAnnotation_ThenException() {
+        User usr01 = new User("usr01", LocalDate.of(2018, 1, 1), "usr01@baeldung.com", 1);
+        usr01.setLastLoginDate(LocalDate.now());
+        User usr02 = new User("usr02", LocalDate.of(2018, 6, 1), "usr02@baeldung.com", 0);
+        usr02.setLastLoginDate(LocalDate.of(2018, 7, 20));
+        usr02.setActive(false);
+
+        userRepository.save(usr01);
+        userRepository.save(usr02);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> userRepository.deleteDeactivatedUsersWithNoModifyingAnnotation())
+            .isInstanceOf(InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException.class);
+    }
+
     @Test
     @Transactional
     public void givenTwoUsers_whenAddDeletedColumn_ThenUsersHaveDeletedColumn() {