diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 412fd6006d7..abcac8dd9b1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -3951,7 +3951,10 @@ size of 500 and a _time to live_ of 10 minutes
 ----
 
 Besides, if a `com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.CacheLoader` bean is defined, it is
-automatically associated to the `CaffeineCacheManager`.
+automatically associated to the `CaffeineCacheManager`. Since the `CacheLoader` is
+going to be associated to _all_ caches managed by the cache manager, it must be defined
+as `CacheLoader<Object, Object>`. Any other generic type will be ignored by the
+auto-configuration.