diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-config/message-converters.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-config/message-converters.adoc
index 0f3d79bc71c..1ead038524e 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-config/message-converters.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-config/message-converters.adoc
@@ -3,11 +3,18 @@
 
 [.small]#xref:web/webflux/config.adoc#webflux-config-message-codecs[See equivalent in the Reactive stack]#
 
-You can customize `HttpMessageConverter` in Java configuration by overriding
-{api-spring-framework}/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurer.html#configureMessageConverters-java.util.List-[`configureMessageConverters()`]
-(to replace the default converters created by Spring MVC) or by overriding
-{api-spring-framework}/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurer.html#extendMessageConverters-java.util.List-[`extendMessageConverters()`]
-(to customize the default converters or add additional converters to the default ones).
+You can set the `HttpMessageConverter` instances to use in Java configuration,
+replacing the ones used by default, by overriding
+{api-spring-framework}/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurer.html#configureMessageConverters-java.util.List-[`configureMessageConverters()`].
+You can also customize the list of configured message converters at the end by overriding
+{api-spring-framework}/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurer.html#extendMessageConverters-java.util.List-[`extendMessageConverters()`].
+
+TIP: In a Spring Boot application, the `WebMvcAutoConfiguration` adds any
+`HttpMessageConverter` beans it detects, in addition to default converters. Hence, in a
+Boot application, prefer to use the
+https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/web/webmvc/mvc-config/message-converters.html[HttpMessageConverters]
+mechanism. Or alternatively, use `extendMessageConverters` to modify message converters
+at the end.
 
 The following example adds XML and Jackson JSON converters with a customized
 `ObjectMapper` instead of the default ones:
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurer.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurer.java
index 8055d62e258..eb329f47e0d 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -166,10 +166,14 @@ public interface WebMvcConfigurer {
 	 * <p>By default, all built-in converters are configured as long as the
 	 * corresponding 3rd party libraries such Jackson JSON, JAXB2, and others
 	 * are present on the classpath.
-	 * <p><strong>Note</strong> use of this method turns off default converter
-	 * registration. Alternatively, use
-	 * {@link #extendMessageConverters(java.util.List)} to modify that default
-	 * list of converters.
+	 * <p>Note that use of this method turns off default converter
+	 * registration. However, in a Spring Boot application the
+	 * {@code WebMvcAutoConfiguration} adds any {@code HttpMessageConverter}
+	 * beans as well as default converters. Hence, in a Boot application use
+	 * <a href="https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/web.html#web.servlet.spring-mvc.message-converters">HttpMessageConverters</a>.
+	 * Alternatively, for any scenario, use
+	 * {@link #extendMessageConverters(java.util.List)} to modify the configured
+	 * list of message converters.
 	 * @param converters initially an empty list of converters
 	 */
 	default void configureMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) {