SpringBoot Documentation code reference bug?

When reviewing the documentation on the Managing Dependencies using the (Spring Boot) Gradle Plugin, and specifically in section, "Using Spring Boot's Dependency Management in Isolation", I wanted to verify that the (2nd) Kotlin example in this section was correct:

apply(plugin = "io.spring.dependency-management")

the<DependencyManagementExtension>().apply {
    imports {
        mavenBom(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES)
    }
}

The apply(..) invocation leads with the word "the".

Should this be "this" instead?

For example:

this<DependencyManagementExtension>().apply {
    imports {
// ...

I am just wondering what "the" refers to?

Comment From: wilkinsona

No, the is correct. It’s a method in the Gradle Kotlin DSL for accessing extensions in a type-safe way.

Comment From: jxblum

Thank you for clarifying, @wilkinsona.