diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration.java
index d1193b17a3..c84d217f40 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
 @AutoConfiguration
 @ConditionalOnClass(WebClient.class)
 @Import({ ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.ReactorNetty.class, ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.JettyClient.class,
-		ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.HttpClient5.class, ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.JdkClient.class})
+		ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.HttpClient5.class, ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.JdkClient.class })
 public class ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.java
index 9f8eaf8d2c..c507af639a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.java
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ClientHttpConnector;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.HttpComponentsClientHttpConnector;
-import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.JettyClientHttpConnector;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.JdkClientHttpConnector;
+import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.JettyClientHttpConnector;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.JettyResourceFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorClientHttpConnector;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorResourceFactory;
@@ -109,14 +109,16 @@ class ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-	@ConditionalOnClass(JdkClientHttpConnector.class)
+	@ConditionalOnClass(java.net.http.HttpClient.class)
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(ClientHttpConnector.class)
 	static class JdkClient {
+
 		@Bean
 		@Lazy
 		JdkClientHttpConnector jdkClientHttpConnector() {
 			return new JdkClientHttpConnector();
 		}
+
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 142402b5fe..d110b1e126 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ class ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void whenReactorAndJettyAndHttpClientBeansAreUnavailableThenJdkClientAreDefined() {
-		this.contextRunner.withClassLoader(new FilteredClassLoader(HttpClient.class, ReactiveRequest.class, HttpAsyncClients.class))
+	void whenReactorJettyAndHttpClientBeansAreUnavailableThenJdkClientBeansAreDefined() {
+		this.contextRunner
+				.withClassLoader(
+						new FilteredClassLoader(HttpClient.class, ReactiveRequest.class, HttpAsyncClients.class))
 				.run((context) -> {
 					BeanDefinition customizerDefinition = context.getBeanFactory()
 							.getBeanDefinition("clientConnectorCustomizer");
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/io/rest-client.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/io/rest-client.adoc
index 704897e5ec..853b956b2a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/io/rest-client.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/io/rest-client.adoc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ include::code:MyService[]
 [[io.rest-client.webclient.runtime]]
 ==== WebClient Runtime
 Spring Boot will auto-detect which `ClientHttpConnector` to use to drive `WebClient`, depending on the libraries available on the application classpath.
-For now, Reactor Netty, Jetty RS client and Apache HttpClient are supported.
+For now, Reactor Netty, Jetty RS client, Apache HttpClient, and the JDK's HttpClient are supported.
 
 The `spring-boot-starter-webflux` starter depends on `io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty` by default, which brings both server and client implementations.
 If you choose to use Jetty as a reactive server instead, you should add a dependency on the Jetty Reactive HTTP client library, `org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-reactive-httpclient`.