diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/HttpEncodingProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/HttpEncodingProperties.java
index 13892b3811..8c798cb202 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/HttpEncodingProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/HttpEncodingProperties.java
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public class HttpEncodingProperties {
 	private Boolean force;
 
 	/**
-	 * Force the encoding to the configured charset on HTTP requests.
+	 * Force the encoding to the configured charset on HTTP requests. Defaults to true
+	 * when "force" has not been specified.
 	 */
 	private Boolean forceRequest;
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index 0b7906842b..e7a94864ab 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.http.encoding.charset=UTF-8 # Charset of HTTP requests and responses. Added to the "Content-Type" header if not set explicitly.
 	spring.http.encoding.enabled=true # Enable http encoding support.
 	spring.http.encoding.force= # Force the encoding to the configured charset on HTTP requests and responses.
-	spring.http.encoding.force-request= # Force the encoding to the configured charset on HTTP requests (defaults to true when ".force" has not been specified).
+	spring.http.encoding.force-request= # Force the encoding to the configured charset on HTTP requests. Defaults to true when "force" has not been specified.
 	spring.http.encoding.force-response= # Force the encoding to the configured charset on HTTP responses.
 
 	# MULTIPART ({sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/web/MultipartProperties.{sc-ext}[MultipartProperties])