diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoContributorAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoContributorAutoConfiguration.java
index 1b3ff48d43e..c996e02cf5a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoContributorAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoContributorAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class InfoContributorAutoConfiguration {
 	public static final int DEFAULT_ORDER = Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE + 10;
 
 	@Bean
-	@ConditionalOnEnabledInfoContributor("env")
+	@ConditionalOnEnabledInfoContributor(value = "env", fallback = InfoContributorFallback.DISABLE)
 	@Order(DEFAULT_ORDER)
 	public EnvironmentInfoContributor envInfoContributor(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
 		return new EnvironmentInfoContributor(environment);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoContributorAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoContributorAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 6c9eaf92abb..16aab168f98 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoContributorAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/info/InfoContributorAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -49,22 +49,28 @@ class InfoContributorAutoConfigurationTests {
 			.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(InfoContributorAutoConfiguration.class));
 
 	@Test
-	void disableEnvContributor() {
-		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("management.info.env.enabled=false")
-				.run((context) -> assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(EnvironmentInfoContributor.class));
+	void envContributor() {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("management.info.env.enabled=true")
+				.run((context) -> assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(EnvironmentInfoContributor.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void defaultInfoContributorsEnabled() {
-		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> {
-			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(EnvironmentInfoContributor.class);
-			assertThat(context.getBeansOfType(InfoContributor.class)).hasSize(1);
-		});
+		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(InfoContributor.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void defaultInfoContributorsDisabled() {
-		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("management.info.defaults.enabled=false")
+	void defaultInfoContributorsEnabledWithPrerequisitesInPlace() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(GitPropertiesConfiguration.class, BuildPropertiesConfiguration.class)
+				.run((context) -> assertThat(context.getBeansOfType(InfoContributor.class)).hasSize(2)
+						.satisfies((contributors) -> assertThat(contributors.values())
+								.hasOnlyElementsOfTypes(BuildInfoContributor.class, GitInfoContributor.class)));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void defaultInfoContributorsDisabledWithPrerequisitesInPlace() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(GitPropertiesConfiguration.class, BuildPropertiesConfiguration.class)
+				.withPropertyValues("management.info.defaults.enabled=false")
 				.run((context) -> assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(InfoContributor.class));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/actuator/endpoints.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/actuator/endpoints.adoc
index f0408129cf9..8547c06fb05 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/actuator/endpoints.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/actuator/endpoints.adoc
@@ -1174,10 +1174,10 @@ When appropriate, Spring auto-configures the following `InfoContributor` beans:
 Whether or not an individual contributor is enabled is controlled by its `management.info.<id>.enabled` property.
 Different contributors have different defaults for this property, depending on their prerequisites and the nature of the information that they expose.
 
-With no prequisites to indicate that it should be enabled, the `java` contributor is disabled by default.
-You can enable it by setting the configprop:management.info.java.enabled[] property to `true`.
+With no prequisites to indicate that they should be enabled, the `env` and `java` contributors are disabled by default.
+You can enable them by setting the configprop:management.info.env.enabled[] or configprop:management.info.java.enabled[] properties to `true`.
 
-The `env`, `git`, and `build` info contributors are enabled by default.
+The `build` and `git` info contributors are enabled by default.
 Each can be disabled by setting its `management.info.<id>.enabled` property to `false`.
 Alternatively, to disable every contributor that is usually enabled by default, set the configprop:management.info.defaults.enabled[] property to `false`.
 
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ Alternatively, to disable every contributor that is usually enabled by default,
 
 [[actuator.endpoints.info.custom-application-information]]
 ==== Custom Application Information
-You can customize the data exposed by the `info` endpoint by setting `+info.*+` Spring properties.
+When the `env` contributor is enabled, you can customize the data exposed by the `info` endpoint by setting `+info.*+` Spring properties.
 All `Environment` properties under the `info` key are automatically exposed.
 For example, you could add the following settings to your `application.properties` file: