diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java
index 03f837719aa283c6d802c7a75df38b345382f287..dccdabb514a316686a366f621aadbdcf1fea07ab 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.NoSuchRequestHandlingMeth
 /**
  * Default implementation of the {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExceptionResolver
  * HandlerExceptionResolver} interface that resolves standard Spring exceptions. <p>Default implementations typically
- * set the response status.
+ * set the response status to a corresponding HTTP status code. <p>This exception resolver is enabled by default in the
+ * {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet}.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @see #handleNoSuchRequestHandlingMethod
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java
index f2852a0da7a30ba367ddd505397116be7ea77000..3419f30594b6edf852eca5a6dd34c91f3bee888d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractHandlerExceptionResolver;
 /**
  * Implementation of the {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExceptionResolver HandlerExceptionResolver}
  * interface that uses the {@link ResponseStatus @ResponseStatus} annotation to map exceptions to HTTP status codes.
+ * <p>This exception resolver is enabled by default in the {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet}.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 3.0