Caution against using component scanning in an auto-configuration

Closes gh-15348

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc

@@ -8072,6 +8072,14 @@ published jar. The file should list your configuration classes under the
 	com.mycorp.libx.autoconfigure.LibXWebAutoConfiguration
 ----
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+Auto-configurations must be loaded that way _only_. Make sure that they are defined in
+a specific package space and that they are never the target of component scanning.
+Futhermore, auto-configuration classes should not enable component scanning to find
+additional components. Specific `@Import`s should be used instead.
+====
+
 You can use the
 {sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/AutoConfigureAfter.{sc-ext}[`@AutoConfigureAfter`] or
 {sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/AutoConfigureBefore.{sc-ext}[`@AutoConfigureBefore`]
@@ -8084,13 +8092,6 @@ knowledge of each other, you can also use `@AutoConfigureOrder`. That annotation
 same semantic as the regular `@Order` annotation but provides a dedicated order for
 auto-configuration classes.
 
-[NOTE]
-====
-Auto-configurations must be loaded that way _only_. Make sure that they are defined in
-a specific package space and that, in particular, they are never the target of component
-scanning.
-====
-
 
 
 [[boot-features-condition-annotations]]