Spring Remove @Aspect for classes containing only @Pointcut declarations in reference documentation

Regarding the current Reference Documentation, the Declaring a Pointcut page contains two sections. The first is the Combining Pointcut Expressions where the following appears:

package com.xyz;

@Aspect
public class Pointcuts {

    @Pointcut("execution(public * *(..))")
    public void publicMethod() {} 

    @Pointcut("within(com.xyz.trading..*)")
    public void inTrading() {} 

    @Pointcut("publicMethod() && inTrading()")
    public void tradingOperation() {} 
}

And the Sharing Named Pointcut Definitions section where the following appears:

package com.xyz;

import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Pointcut;

@Aspect
public class CommonPointcuts {

    /**
     * A join point is in the web layer if the method is defined
     * in a type in the com.xyz.web package or any sub-package
     * under that.
     */
    @Pointcut("within(com.xyz.web..*)")
    public void inWebLayer() {}

        ....

}

The point is that @Aspect is unnecessary when the class only declares methods with @Pointcut.