diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/mdo/profiles.mdo b/maven-compat/src/main/mdo/profiles.mdo
index 8ee32ec853..5132490d9a 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/mdo/profiles.mdo
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/mdo/profiles.mdo
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ under the License.
           <name>checksumPolicy</name>
           <version>1.0.0</version>
           <description>
-            What to do when verification of an artifact checksum fails. Valid values are "fail" (default), "warn" or
-            "ignore"
+            What to do when verification of an artifact checksum fails. Valid values are "fail" (default for Maven 4 and
+            above), "warn" (default for Maven 2 and 3) or "ignore".
           </description>
           <type>String</type>
         </field>
diff --git a/maven-settings/src/main/mdo/settings.mdo b/maven-settings/src/main/mdo/settings.mdo
index 6420769271..4500560ca6 100644
--- a/maven-settings/src/main/mdo/settings.mdo
+++ b/maven-settings/src/main/mdo/settings.mdo
@@ -968,8 +968,8 @@
           <name>checksumPolicy</name>
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <description>
-            What to do when verification of an artifact checksum fails. Valid values are "fail" (default), "warn" or
-            "ignore".
+            What to do when verification of an artifact checksum fails. Valid values are "fail" (default for Maven 4 and
+            above), "warn" (default for Maven 2 and 3) or "ignore".
           </description>
           <type>String</type>
         </field>