diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java
index fa8da5c8df58..4e14d8a31155 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
  * to the body of the request or response with an {@link HttpMessageConverter}.
  *
  * <p>An {@code @RequestBody} method argument is also validated if it is annotated
- * with {@code @javax.validation.Valid}. In case of validation failure,
+ * with {@code @javax.validation.Valid}, Spring's {@link org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated}
+ * or custom annotations whose name starts with "Valid". In case of validation failure,
  * {@link MethodArgumentNotValidException} is raised and results in an HTTP 400
  * response status code if {@link DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver} is configured.
  *