diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
index f5b71f53517..94fa463b441 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
@@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 		private String acks;
 
 		/**
-		 * Number of records to batch before sending.
+		 * Default batch size in bytes. A small batch size will make batching less common
+		 * and may reduce throughput (a batch size of zero disables batching entirely).
 		 */
 		private Integer batchSize;
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index dec5992d309..93dce127ed9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ content into your application. Rather, pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.kafka.listener.poll-timeout= # Timeout to use when polling the consumer.
 	spring.kafka.listener.type=single # Listener type.
 	spring.kafka.producer.acks= # Number of acknowledgments the producer requires the leader to have received before considering a request complete.
-	spring.kafka.producer.batch-size= # Number of records to batch before sending.
+	spring.kafka.producer.batch-size= # Default batch size in bytes.
 	spring.kafka.producer.bootstrap-servers= # Comma-delimited list of host:port pairs to use for establishing the initial connection to the Kafka cluster.
 	spring.kafka.producer.buffer-memory= # Total bytes of memory the producer can use to buffer records waiting to be sent to the server.
 	spring.kafka.producer.client-id= # ID to pass to the server when making requests. Used for server-side logging.