diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistration.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistration.java
index b99730707e5..cfb37bafc95 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistration.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistration.java
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ public class ResourceHandlerRegistration {
 	 * 	    development, especially when applying a version strategy.
 	 * @param cache the cache to use for storing resolved and transformed resources;
 	 *      by default a {@link org.springframework.cache.concurrent.ConcurrentMapCache}
-	 *      is used.
+	 *      is used. As Resources aren't serializable and can be dependent of the application host,
+	 *      one should not use a distributed cache but rather an in-memory cache.
 	 * @return the same {@link ResourceHandlerRegistration} instance for chained method invocation
 	 * @since 4.1
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc-4.1.xsd b/spring-webmvc/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc-4.1.xsd
index c3ef3b7f021..e1454a15df8 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc-4.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/spring-mvc-4.1.xsd
@@ -471,10 +471,39 @@
 			<xsd:element name="resolvers" type="resource-resolvers" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 			<xsd:element name="transformers" type="resource-transformers" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 		</xsd:sequence>
-		<xsd:attribute name="resource-cache" type="xsd:boolean" use="required"/>
-		<xsd:attribute name="auto-registration" type="xsd:boolean" default="true" use="optional"/>
-		<xsd:attribute name="cache-manager" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
-		<xsd:attribute name="cache-name" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
+		<xsd:attribute name="resource-cache" type="xsd:boolean" use="required">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	Whether the resource chain should cache resource resolution.
+	Note that the resource content itself won't be cached, but rather Resource instances.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="auto-registration" type="xsd:boolean" default="true" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	Whether to register automatically ResourceResolvers and ResourceTransformers.
+	Setting this property to "false" means that it gives developers full control over the registration process.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="cache-manager" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	The name of the Cache Manager to cache resource resolution. By default, a ConcurrentCacheMap will be used.
+	As Resources aren't serializable and can be dependent of the application host, one should not use a
+	distributed cache but rather an in-memory cache.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="cache-name" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+    The cache name to use in the configured cache manager.
+    Will use "spring-resource-chain-cache" by default.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
 	</xsd:complexType>
 
 	<xsd:element name="resources">