diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux/controller/ann-requestmapping.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux/controller/ann-requestmapping.adoc
index 7b12fe54e1f..8e726a1b791 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux/controller/ann-requestmapping.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webflux/controller/ann-requestmapping.adoc
@@ -393,9 +393,9 @@ is used to map requests.
 Once API versioning is enabled, you can begin to map requests with versions.
 The `@RequestMapping` `version` attribute supports the following:
 
-- No value -- matches any version, unless the request is superseded by a more specific version match.
 - Fixed version ("1.2") -- matches the given version only
 - Baseline version ("1.2+") -- matches the given version and above
+- No value -- matches any version, but is superseded by a more specific version match
 
 If multiple controller methods have a version less than or equal to the request version,
 the highest of those, and closest to the request version, is the one considered,
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ A request with version `"1.6"` does not have a match. (1) and (3) do match, but
 superseded by (4), which allows only a strict match, and therefore does not match.
 In this scenario, a `NotAcceptableApiVersionException` results in a 400 response.
 
+Controller methods without a version are intended to support clients created before a
+versioned alternative was introduced. Therefore, even though an unversioned controller
+method is considered a match for any version, it is in fact given the lowest priority,
+and is effectively superseded by any alternative controller method with a version.
+
 NOTE: The above assumes the request version is a
 xref:web/webflux/config.adoc#webflux-config-api-version["supported" version],
 or otherwise it would fail.
diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-requestmapping.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-requestmapping.adoc
index 8890fa250d2..988ae3fc8ea 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-requestmapping.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-requestmapping.adoc
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@ is used to map requests.
 Once API versioning is enabled, you can begin to map requests with versions.
 The `@RequestMapping` `version` attribute supports the following:
 
-- No value -- matches any version, unless the request is superseded by a more specific version match.
 - Fixed version ("1.2") -- matches the given version only
 - Baseline version ("1.2+") -- matches the given version and above
+- No value -- matches any version, but is superseded by a more specific version match
 
 If multiple controller methods have a version less than or equal to the request version,
 the highest of those, and closest to the request version, is the one considered,
@@ -485,6 +485,11 @@ A request with version `"1.6"` does not have a match. (1) and (3) do match, but
 superseded by (4), which allows only a strict match, and therefore does not match.
 In this scenario, a `NotAcceptableApiVersionException` results in a 400 response.
 
+Controller methods without a version are intended to support clients created before a
+versioned alternative was introduced. Therefore, even though an unversioned controller
+method is considered a match for any version, it is in fact given the lowest priority,
+and is effectively superseded by any alternative controller method with a version.
+
 NOTE: The above assumes the request version is a
 xref:web/webmvc/mvc-config/api-version.adoc["supported" version], or otherwise it
 would fail.