diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/AbstractMessageReaderArgumentResolver.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/AbstractMessageReaderArgumentResolver.java
index 07a7e70f486..082bd5e88bc 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/AbstractMessageReaderArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/AbstractMessageReaderArgumentResolver.java
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.UnsupportedMediaTypeStatusException;
  * Abstract base class for argument resolvers that resolve method arguments
  * by reading the request body with an {@link HttpMessageReader}.
  *
- * <p>Applies validation if the method argument is annotated with
- * {@code @javax.validation.Valid} or
- * {@link org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated}. Validation
- * failure results in an {@link ServerWebInputException}.
+ * <p>Applies validation if the method argument is annotated with any
+ * {@linkplain org.springframework.validation.annotation.ValidationAnnotationUtils#determineValidationHints
+ * annotations that trigger validation}. Validation failure results in a
+ * {@link ServerWebInputException}.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver.java
index becddd99e21..e828239d710 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver.java
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.multipart.support.RequestPartServletServerHttpReq
  * the part is not specified, the request part's name is derived from the name of
  * the method argument.
  *
- * <p>Automatic validation may be applied if the argument is annotated with
- * {@code @javax.validation.Valid}, Spring's {@link org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated}
- * annotation, or a custom annotation whose name starts with "Valid". In case of
- * validation failure, a {@link MethodArgumentNotValidException} is raised and a
- * 400 response status code returned if the
+ * <p>Automatic validation may be applied if the argument is annotated with any
+ * {@linkplain org.springframework.validation.annotation.ValidationAnnotationUtils#determineValidationHints
+ * annotations that trigger validation}. In case of validation failure, a
+ * {@link MethodArgumentNotValidException} is raised and a 400 response status code returned if the
  * {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver}
  * is configured.
  *
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java
index 4e14d8a3115..50e4fd56413 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolv
  * to the body of the request or response with an {@link HttpMessageConverter}.
  *
  * <p>An {@code @RequestBody} method argument is also validated if it is annotated
- * with {@code @javax.validation.Valid}, Spring's {@link org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated}
- * or custom annotations whose name starts with "Valid". In case of validation failure,
+ * with any
+ * {@linkplain org.springframework.validation.annotation.ValidationAnnotationUtils#determineValidationHints
+ * annotations that trigger validation}. In case of validation failure,
  * {@link MethodArgumentNotValidException} is raised and results in an HTTP 400
  * response status code if {@link DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver} is configured.
  *