diff --git a/docs/usage/applications.rst b/docs/usage/applications.rst
index 3bd7aeec21..5e33cc9528 100644
--- a/docs/usage/applications.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/applications.rst
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ order, once the ASGI server (uvicorn, hypercorn, etc.) emits the respective even
 .. mermaid::
 
    flowchart LR
-       Startup[ASGI-Event: lifespan.startup] --> before_startup --> on_startup --> after_startup
-       Shutdown[ASGI-Event: lifespan.shutdown] --> before_shutdown --> on_shutdown --> after_shutdown
+       Startup[ASGI-Event: lifespan.startup] --> on_startup
+       Shutdown[ASGI-Event: lifespan.shutdown] --> on_shutdown
 
 A classic use case for this is database connectivity. Often, we want to establish a database connection on application
 startup, and then close it gracefully upon shutdown.
diff --git a/litestar/app.py b/litestar/app.py
index 622fae784e..e50e808fa7 100644
--- a/litestar/app.py
+++ b/litestar/app.py
@@ -528,9 +528,8 @@ async def lifespan(self) -> AsyncGenerator[None, None]:
 
         It will be entered when the ``lifespan`` message has been received from the
         server, and exit after the ``asgi.shutdown`` message. During this period, it is
-        responsible for calling the ``before_startup``, ``after_startup``,
-        `on_startup``, ``before_shutdown``, ``on_shutdown`` and ``after_shutdown``
-        hooks, as well as custom lifespan managers.
+        responsible for calling the ``on_startup``, ``on_shutdown`` hooks, as well as
+        custom lifespan managers.
         """
         async with AsyncExitStack() as exit_stack:
             for hook in self.on_shutdown[::-1]: