diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/CglibAopProxy.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/CglibAopProxy.java
index e2b822816d..43d747f90c 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/CglibAopProxy.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/CglibAopProxy.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 	 * validates it if not.
 	 */
 	private void validateClassIfNecessary(Class<?> proxySuperClass, @Nullable ClassLoader proxyClassLoader) {
-		if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+		if (!this.advised.isOptimize() && logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
 			synchronized (validatedClasses) {
 				if (!validatedClasses.containsKey(proxySuperClass)) {
 					doValidateClass(proxySuperClass, proxyClassLoader,
diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyConfig.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyConfig.java
index 38665cafbc..3b6010f8f5 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyConfig.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyConfig.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ public class ProxyConfig implements Serializable {
 	 * The exact meaning of "aggressive optimizations" will differ
 	 * between proxies, but there is usually some tradeoff.
 	 * Default is "false".
-	 * <p>For example, optimization will usually mean that advice changes won't
-	 * take effect after a proxy has been created. For this reason, optimization
-	 * is disabled by default. An optimize value of "true" may be ignored
-	 * if other settings preclude optimization: for example, if "exposeProxy"
-	 * is set to "true" and that's not compatible with the optimization.
+	 * <p>With Spring's current proxy options, this flag effectively
+	 * enforces CGLIB proxies (similar to {@link #setProxyTargetClass})
+	 * but without any class validation checks (for final methods etc).
 	 */
 	public void setOptimize(boolean optimize) {
 		this.optimize = optimize;