diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/resilience.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/resilience.adoc
index f644ce40912..c937c6983e2 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/resilience.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/resilience.adoc
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ public void sendNotification() {
 NOTE: `@Retryable(MessageDeliveryException.class)` is a shortcut for
 `@Retryable(includes{nbsp}={nbsp}MessageDeliveryException.class)`.
 
+[TIP]
+====
+For advanced use cases, you can specify a custom `MethodRetryPredicate` via the
+`predicate` attribute in `@Retryable`, and the predicate will be used to determine whether
+to retry a failed method invocation based on a `Method` and a given `Throwable` – for
+example, by checking the message of the `Throwable`.
+
+Custom predicates can be combined with `includes` and `excludes`; however, custom
+predicates will always be applied after `includes` and `excludes` have been applied.
+====
+
 Or for 5 retry attempts and an exponential back-off strategy with a bit of jitter:
 
 [source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/resilience/annotation/ConcurrencyLimitBeanPostProcessor.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/resilience/annotation/ConcurrencyLimitBeanPostProcessor.java
index f43e0a55226..fd11d055c95 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/resilience/annotation/ConcurrencyLimitBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/resilience/annotation/ConcurrencyLimitBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class ConcurrencyLimitBeanPostProcessor extends AbstractBeanFactoryAwareA
 			Object target = invocation.getThis();
 			Class<?> targetClass = (target != null ? target.getClass() : method.getDeclaringClass());
 			if (target == null && invocation instanceof ProxyMethodInvocation methodInvocation) {
-				// Allow validation for AOP proxy without a target
+				// Support concurrency throttling for AOP proxy without a target
 				target = methodInvocation.getProxy();
 			}
 			Assert.state(target != null, "Target must not be null");
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/resilience/annotation/Retryable.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/resilience/annotation/Retryable.java
index 3f27d2083d2..b44dcdf6124 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/resilience/annotation/Retryable.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/resilience/annotation/Retryable.java
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ public @interface Retryable {
 	/**
 	 * Applicable exception types to attempt a retry for. This attribute
 	 * allows for the convenient specification of assignable exception types.
+	 * <p>This can optionally be combined with {@link #excludes() excludes} or
+	 * a custom {@link #predicate() predicate}.
 	 * <p>The default is empty, leading to a retry attempt for any exception.
 	 * @see #excludes()
 	 * @see #predicate()
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ public @interface Retryable {
 	/**
 	 * Non-applicable exception types to avoid a retry for. This attribute
 	 * allows for the convenient specification of assignable exception types.
+	 * <p>This can optionally be combined with {@link #includes() includes} or
+	 * a custom {@link #predicate() predicate}.
 	 * <p>The default is empty, leading to a retry attempt for any exception.
 	 * @see #includes()
 	 * @see #predicate()
@@ -81,12 +85,14 @@ public @interface Retryable {
 	Class<? extends Throwable>[] excludes() default {};
 
 	/**
-	 * A predicate for filtering applicable exceptions for which
-	 * an invocation can be retried.
-	 * <p>The default is a retry attempt for any exception.
+	 * A predicate for filtering applicable exceptions for which an invocation can
+	 * be retried.
 	 * <p>A specified {@link MethodRetryPredicate} implementation will be instantiated
 	 * per method. It can use dependency injection at the constructor level or through
 	 * autowiring annotations, in case it needs access to other beans or facilities.
+	 * <p>This can optionally be combined with {@link #includes() includes} or
+	 * {@link #excludes() excludes}.
+	 * <p>The default is a retry attempt for any exception.
 	 * @see #includes()
 	 * @see #excludes()
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/retry/RetryPolicy.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/retry/RetryPolicy.java
index 3e6bd5cf27f..ea466e39ac7 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/retry/RetryPolicy.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/retry/RetryPolicy.java
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public interface RetryPolicy {
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a {@link RetryPolicy} configured with a maximum number of retry attempts.
-	 * <p>The returned policy uses a fixed backoff of {@value Builder#DEFAULT_DELAY}
-	 * milliseconds.
+	 * <p>The returned policy applies to all exception types and uses a fixed backoff
+	 * of {@value Builder#DEFAULT_DELAY} milliseconds.
 	 * @param maxAttempts the maximum number of retry attempts;
 	 * must be positive (or zero for no retry)
 	 * @see Builder#maxAttempts(long)