diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/Async.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/Async.java
index 001c00e1..c4d1ac7a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/Async.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/Async.java
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 import jakarta.interceptor.InterceptorBinding;
 
 /**
- * Annotates a CDI managed bean method (or CDI managed bean class containing suitable methods)
- * to run asynchronously.
+ * Annotates a CDI managed bean method to run asynchronously.
  * <p>
  * The Jakarta EE Product Provider runs the method on a {@link ManagedExecutorService}
  * and returns to the caller a {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture CompletableFuture}
@@ -101,26 +100,21 @@
  * </pre>
  *
  * <p>
- * When annotating asynchronous methods at the method level, methods
- * can have any of the following return types, with all other return types resulting in
- * {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException UnsupportedOperationException}:
+ * Methods with the following return types can be annotated to be
+ * asynchronous methods:
  * <ul>
  * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture CompletableFuture}</li>
  * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage CompletionStage}</li>
  * <li><code>void</code></li>
  * </ul>
  * <p>
- * When annotating asynchronous methods at the class level, methods with
- * any of the following return types are considered asynchronous methods,
- * whereas methods with other return types are treated as normal
- * (non-asynchronous) methods:
- * <ul>
- * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture CompletableFuture}</li>
- * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage CompletionStage}</li>
- * </ul>
- * <p>
- * If the <code>Async</code> annotation is present at both the method and class
- * level, the annotation that is specified at the method level takes precedence.
+ * The Jakarta EE Product Provider raises
+ * {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException UnsupportedOperationException}
+ * if other return types are used or if the annotation is placed at the class
+ * level. The injection target of <code>ElementType.TYPE</code> is to be used only
+ * by the CDI extension that is implemented by the Jakarta EE Product Provider to
+ * register the asynchronous method interceptor. Applications must only use the
+ * asynchronous method annotation at method level.
  * <p>
  * Exceptions that are raised by asynchronous methods are not raised directly
  * to the caller because the method runs asynchronously to the caller.
@@ -152,9 +146,11 @@
  * Interceptors with a lower priority, such as <code>Transactional</code>, must run on
  * the thread where the asynchronous method executes, rather than on the submitting thread.
  * When an asynchronous method is annotated as <code>Transactional</code>,
- * the transactional types <code>TxType.REQUIRES_NEW</code> and
- * <code>TxType.NOT_SUPPORTED</code> can be used. All other transaction attributes must
- * result in {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException UnsupportedOperationException}
+ * the transactional types which can be used are:
+ * <code>TxType.REQUIRES_NEW</code>, which causes the method to run in a new transaction, and
+ * <code>TxType.NOT_SUPPORTED</code>, which causes the method to run with no transaction.
+ * All other transaction attributes must result in
+ * {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException UnsupportedOperationException}
  * upon invocation of the asynchronous method.
  *
  * @since 3.0
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/AsyncTest.java b/api/src/test/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/AsyncTest.java
index 143d3b15..764d8a5c 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/AsyncTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/AsyncTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
  * for asychronous methods, verifying that they compile.
  * The Async.Result class is also tested.
  */
-@Async(executor = "java:module/env/concurrent/class-level-async-executor")
 public class AsyncTest {
     /**
      * Example from the section on Asynchronous Methods in the Concurrency spec.
@@ -195,17 +194,6 @@ List<Itinerary> flightsTo() {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Verify that the Async annotation can be configured at class level
-     * and that its executor field is populated with the specified value.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testAsyncClassLevelAnnotation() throws Exception {
-        Async anno = AsyncTest.class.getAnnotation(Async.class);
-        assertNotNull(anno);
-        assertEquals("java:module/env/concurrent/class-level-async-executor", anno.executor());
-    }
-
     /**
      * Verify that the first usage example in the Async class JavaDoc compiles.
      */
diff --git a/specification/src/main/asciidoc/jakarta-concurrency.adoc b/specification/src/main/asciidoc/jakarta-concurrency.adoc
index 196aa3a0..57d843e7 100644
--- a/specification/src/main/asciidoc/jakarta-concurrency.adoc
+++ b/specification/src/main/asciidoc/jakarta-concurrency.adoc
@@ -2306,8 +2306,7 @@ task.
 == Asynchronous Methods
 
 The `jakarta.enterprise.concurrent.Async` annotation annotates a
-CDI managed bean method to run asynchronously or annotates a
-CDI managed bean class with methods to run asynchronously.
+CDI managed bean method to run asynchronously.
 
 Each asynchronous method execution corresponds to a managed
 `java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture` instance that is backed by a
@@ -2327,11 +2326,7 @@ specify the `jakarta.enterprise.concurrent.Async` annotation on
 CDI managed bean methods with return type of
 `java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture`,
 `java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage`, or `void` to designate them for
-asynchronous execution. Alternatively, the
-`jakarta.enterprise.concurrent.Async` annotation can be specified on a
-CDI managed bean class to designate all methods with return type of
-`java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture` or
-`java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage` for asynchronous execution.
+asynchronous execution.
 
 The Application Component Provider supplies the implementation of the
 asynchronous method. If the method has return type of
@@ -2443,10 +2438,18 @@ for any reason after this point, it completes the
 
 ==== Transaction Management
 
-Asynchronous method can be annotated with
-`jakarta.transaction.Transactional` types of
-`jakarta.transaction.Transactional.TxType.REQUIRES_NEW` or
-`jakarta.transaction.Transactional.TxType.NOT_SUPPORTED`.
+When an asynchronous method is also annotated with
+`jakarta.transaction.Transactional`, the transactional types which can be
+used are:
+
+* `jakarta.transaction.Transactional.TxType.REQUIRES_NEW` -
+which causes the method to run in a new transaction
+* `jakarta.transaction.Transactional.TxType.NOT_SUPPORTED` -
+which causes the method to run with no transaction
+
+All other transaction attributes must result in
+`java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException` upon invocation of the
+asynchronous method.
 
 When an asynchronous method is not annotated as
 `jakarta.transaction.Transactional` or the transaction type is set to