diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/access/intercept/AuthorizationFilter.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/access/intercept/AuthorizationFilter.java
index ae88d84239..e0f53d6eb2 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/access/intercept/AuthorizationFilter.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/access/intercept/AuthorizationFilter.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class AuthorizationFilter extends GenericFilterBean {
 
 	/**
 	 * Sets whether this filter apply only once per request. By default, this is
-	 * <code>true</code>, meaning the filter will only execute once per request. Sometimes
+	 * <code>false</code>, meaning the filter will execute on every request. Sometimes
 	 * users may wish it to execute more than once per request, such as when JSP forwards
 	 * are being used and filter security is desired on each included fragment of the HTTP
 	 * request.
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ public class AuthorizationFilter extends GenericFilterBean {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * If set to true, the filter will be applied to error dispatcher. Defaults to false.
+	 * If set to true, the filter will be applied to error dispatcher. Defaults to
+	 * {@code true}.
 	 * @param filterErrorDispatch whether the filter should be applied to error dispatcher
 	 */
 	public void setFilterErrorDispatch(boolean filterErrorDispatch) {
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ public class AuthorizationFilter extends GenericFilterBean {
 
 	/**
 	 * If set to true, the filter will be applied to the async dispatcher. Defaults to
-	 * false.
+	 * {@code true}.
 	 * @param filterAsyncDispatch whether the filter should be applied to async dispatch
 	 */
 	public void setFilterAsyncDispatch(boolean filterAsyncDispatch) {