diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-3.1.xsd b/org.springframework.context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-3.1.xsd
index 4ee766425b1..a5c8a6c97e8 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-3.1.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-3.1.xsd
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@
 	Note: This tag does not activate processing of Spring's @Transactional or EJB3's
 	@TransactionAttribute annotation. Consider the use of the <tx:annotation-driven>
 	tag for that purpose.
+
+	See Javadoc for org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext
+	for information on code-based alternatives to bootstrapping annotation-driven support
+	from XML.
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 		</xsd:annotation>
 	</xsd:element>
@@ -163,6 +167,9 @@
 	being registered; Spring's PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer will apply to those bean
 	definitions just like to regular bean definitions, but it won't apply to the component
 	scan settings themselves.
+
+	See Javadoc for org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan for information
+	on code-based alternatives to bootstrapping component-scanning from XML.
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 		</xsd:annotation>
 		<xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd
index e0a4fd793ff..90b54c88a27 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 			<xsd:documentation source="java:org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter"><![CDATA[
 	Configures the annotation-driven Spring MVC Controller programming model.
 	Note that, with Spring 3.0, this tag works in Servlet MVC only!
+
+	See org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc Javadoc for
+	information on code-based alternatives to enabling annotation-driven Spring MVC
+	support.
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 		</xsd:annotation>
 		<xsd:complexType>