diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
index 3220e7e5c7..337893939a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation("org.assertj:assertj-core")
 	implementation("org.glassfish.jersey.core:jersey-server")
 	implementation("org.hibernate:hibernate-jcache")
+	implementation("org.springframework:spring-orm")
 	implementation("org.springframework:spring-test")
 	implementation("org.springframework:spring-web")
 	implementation("org.springframework:spring-webflux")
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index 25395c1f5e..2ded7e6bba 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -1799,45 +1799,27 @@ Spring Boot auto-configuration switches off its entity manager in the presence o
 
 
 [[howto-use-two-entity-managers]]
-=== Use Two EntityManagers
-Even if the default `EntityManagerFactory` works fine, you need to define a new one, otherwise the presence of the second bean of that type switches off the default.
-You can use the `EntityManagerBuilder` provided by Spring Boot to help you to create one.
-Alternatively, you can use the `LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean` directly from Spring ORM, as shown in the following example:
+[[howto-use-multiple-entity-managers]]
+=== Using Multiple EntityManagerFactories
+If you need to use JPA against multiple data sources, you likely need one `EntityManagerFactory` per data source.
+The `LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean` from Spring ORM allows you to configure an `EntityManagerFactory` for your needs.
+You can also reuse `JpaProperties` to bind settings for each `EntityManagerFactory`, as shown in the following example:
 
 [source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
 ----
-	// add two data sources configured as above
-
-	@Bean
-	public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean customerEntityManagerFactory(
-			EntityManagerFactoryBuilder builder) {
-		return builder
-				.dataSource(customerDataSource())
-				.packages(Customer.class)
-				.persistenceUnit("customers")
-				.build();
-	}
-
-	@Bean
-	public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean orderEntityManagerFactory(
-			EntityManagerFactoryBuilder builder) {
-		return builder
-				.dataSource(orderDataSource())
-				.packages(Order.class)
-				.persistenceUnit("orders")
-				.build();
-	}
+include::{code-examples}/jpa/CustomEntityManagerFactoryExample.java[tag=configuration]
 ----
 
+The example above creates an `EntityManagerFactory` using a `DataSource` bean named `firstDataSource`.
+It scans entities located in the same package as `Order`.
+It is possible to map additional JPA properties using the `app.first.jpa` namespace.
+
 NOTE: When you create a bean for `LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean` yourself, any customization that was applied during the creation of the auto-configured `LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean` is lost.
 For example, in case of Hibernate, any properties under the `spring.jpa.hibernate` prefix will not be automatically applied to your `LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean`.
 If you were relying on these properties for configuring things like the naming strategy or the DDL mode, you will need to explicitly configure that when creating the `LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean` bean.
-On the other hand, properties that get applied to the auto-configured `EntityManagerFactoryBuilder`, which are specified via `spring.jpa.properties`, will automatically be applied, provided you use the auto-configured `EntityManagerFactoryBuilder` to build the `LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean` bean.
 
-The configuration above almost works on its own.
-To complete the picture, you need to configure `TransactionManagers` for the two `EntityManagers` as well.
-If you mark one of them as `@Primary`, it could be picked up by the default `JpaTransactionManager` in Spring Boot.
-The other would have to be explicitly injected into a new instance.
+You should provide a similar configuration for any additional data sources for which you need JPA access.
+To complete the picture, you need to configure a `JpaTransactionManager` for each `EntityManagerFactory` as well.
 Alternatively, you might be able to use a JTA transaction manager that spans both.
 
 If you use Spring Data, you need to configure `@EnableJpaRepositories` accordingly, as shown in the following example:
@@ -1845,16 +1827,16 @@ If you use Spring Data, you need to configure `@EnableJpaRepositories` according
 [source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
 ----
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-	@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackageClasses = Customer.class,
-			entityManagerFactoryRef = "customerEntityManagerFactory")
-	public class CustomerConfiguration {
+	@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackageClasses = Order.class,
+			entityManagerFactoryRef = "firstEntityManagerFactory")
+	public class OrderConfiguration {
 		...
 	}
 
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-	@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackageClasses = Order.class,
-			entityManagerFactoryRef = "orderEntityManagerFactory")
-	public class OrderConfiguration {
+	@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackageClasses = Customer.class,
+			entityManagerFactoryRef = "secondEntityManagerFactory")
+	public class CustomerConfiguration {
 		...
 	}
 ----
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/docs/jpa/CustomEntityManagerFactoryExample.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/docs/jpa/CustomEntityManagerFactoryExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7a1ee5d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/docs/jpa/CustomEntityManagerFactoryExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.docs.jpa;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.JpaProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.EntityManagerFactoryBuilder;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaVendorAdapter;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter;
+
+/**
+ * Example configuration for a custom JPA entity manager.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+public class CustomEntityManagerFactoryExample {
+
+	// tag::configuration[]
+	@Bean
+	@ConfigurationProperties("app.jpa.first")
+	public JpaProperties firstJpaProperties() {
+		return new JpaProperties();
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean firstEntityManagerFactory(DataSource firstDataSource,
+			JpaProperties firstJpaProperties) {
+		EntityManagerFactoryBuilder builder = createEntityManagerFactoryBuilder(firstJpaProperties);
+		return builder.dataSource(firstDataSource).packages(Order.class).persistenceUnit("firstDs").build();
+	}
+
+	private EntityManagerFactoryBuilder createEntityManagerFactoryBuilder(JpaProperties jpaProperties) {
+		JpaVendorAdapter jpaVendorAdapter = createJpaVendorAdapter(jpaProperties);
+		return new EntityManagerFactoryBuilder(jpaVendorAdapter, jpaProperties.getProperties(), null);
+	}
+
+	private JpaVendorAdapter createJpaVendorAdapter(JpaProperties jpaProperties) {
+		// Map JPA properties as needed
+		return new HibernateJpaVendorAdapter();
+	}
+	// end::configuration[]
+
+	private static class Order {
+
+	}
+
+}