diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ReactiveTypeHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ReactiveTypeHandler.java
index ac32b95b35a..bd9dab70254 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ReactiveTypeHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ReactiveTypeHandler.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.ReactiveAdapter;
 import org.springframework.core.ReactiveAdapterRegistry;
+import org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.ServerSentEvent;
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ class ReactiveTypeHandler {
 	private final ContentNegotiationManager contentNegotiationManager;
 
 
+	public ReactiveTypeHandler() {
+		this(new ReactiveAdapterRegistry(), new SyncTaskExecutor(), new ContentNegotiationManager());
+	}
+
 	ReactiveTypeHandler(ReactiveAdapterRegistry registry, TaskExecutor executor,
 			ContentNegotiationManager manager) {
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler.java
index 92b441677c4..f09da9eac17 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler.java
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.method.support.ModelAndViewContainer;
  * such as {@link SseEmitter} including the same types wrapped with
  * {@link ResponseEntity}.
  *
+ * <p>As of 5.0 also supports reactive return value types for any reactive
+ * library with registered adapters in {@link ReactiveAdapterRegistry}.
+ *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 4.2
  */
@@ -63,6 +66,28 @@ public class ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler implements HandlerMethodRetur
 	private final ReactiveTypeHandler reactiveHandler;
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Simple constructor with reactive type support based on a default instance of
+	 * {@link ReactiveAdapterRegistry},
+	 * {@link org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor}, and
+	 * {@link ContentNegotiationManager} with an Accept header strategy.
+	 */
+	public ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
+		Assert.notEmpty(messageConverters, "HttpMessageConverter List must not be empty");
+		this.messageConverters = messageConverters;
+		this.reactiveHandler = new ReactiveTypeHandler();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Complete constructor with pluggable "reactive" type support.
+	 *
+	 * @param messageConverters converters to write emitted objects with
+	 * @param reactiveRegistry for reactive return value type support
+	 * @param executor for blocking I/O writes of items emitted from reactive types
+	 * @param manager for detecting streaming media types
+	 *
+	 * @since 5.0
+	 */
 	public ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters,
 			ReactiveAdapterRegistry reactiveRegistry, TaskExecutor executor,
 			ContentNegotiationManager manager) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandlerTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandlerTests.java
index 40444414697..3b8d3972d34 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandlerTests.java
@@ -67,10 +67,7 @@ public class ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandlerTests {
 		List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters = Arrays.asList(
 				new StringHttpMessageConverter(), new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
 
-		ReactiveAdapterRegistry registry = new ReactiveAdapterRegistry();
-		TaskExecutor executor = new SyncTaskExecutor();
-		ContentNegotiationManager manager = new ContentNegotiationManager();
-		this.handler = new ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler(converters, registry, executor, manager);
+		this.handler = new ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler(converters);
 		this.request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		this.response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
 		this.webRequest = new ServletWebRequest(this.request, this.response);
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletInvocableHandlerMethodTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletInvocableHandlerMethodTests.java
index 8b849e12261..73f6c244bee 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletInvocableHandlerMethodTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletInvocableHandlerMethodTests.java
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
-import org.springframework.core.ReactiveAdapterRegistry;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
-import org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
@@ -256,9 +254,7 @@ public class ServletInvocableHandlerMethodTests {
 	@Test
 	public void wrapConcurrentResult_ResponseBodyEmitter() throws Exception {
 
-		this.returnValueHandlers.addHandler(
-				new ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler(this.converters,
-						new ReactiveAdapterRegistry(), new SyncTaskExecutor(), new ContentNegotiationManager()));
+		this.returnValueHandlers.addHandler(new ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler(this.converters));
 
 		ServletInvocableHandlerMethod handlerMethod = getHandlerMethod(new StreamingHandler(), "handleEmitter");
 		handlerMethod = handlerMethod.wrapConcurrentResult(null);