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@@ -428,17 +428,17 @@ For demonstration purposes, there is code to create a `JdbcTemplate`, query the
 
 Now that your `Application` class is ready, you simply instruct the build system to create a single, executable jar containing everything. This makes it easy to ship, version, and deploy the service as an application throughout the development lifecycle, across different environments, and so forth.
 
-Add the following configuration to your existing Gradle build file:
+Add the following dependency to your Gradle **build.gradle** file's `buildscript` section:
 
-`build.gradle`
 ```groovy
-buildscript {
-    ...
     dependencies {
         classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:0.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT")
     }
-}
+```
 
+Further down inside `build.gradle`, add the following to the list of plugins:
+
+```groovy
 apply plugin: 'spring-boot'
 ```