diff --git a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/caching/Caching.adoc b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/caching/Caching.adoc
index 05b698ac33..27e698832c 100644
--- a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/caching/Caching.adoc
+++ b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/caching/Caching.adoc
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Detailed information is provided later in this chapter.
 Besides specific provider configuration, there are a number of configurations options on the Hibernate side of the integration that control various caching behaviors:
 
 `hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache`::
-	Enable or disable second level caching overall. The default is true, although the default region factory is `NoCachingRegionFactory`.
+	Enable or disable second level caching overall. By default, if the currently configured
+	https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/{majorMinorVersion}/javadocs/org/hibernate/cache/spi/RegionFactory.html[`RegionFactory`] is not the `NoCachingRegionFactory`, then the second-level cache is going to be enabled. Otherwise, the second-level cache is disabled.
 `hibernate.cache.use_query_cache`::
 	Enable or disable second level caching of query results. The default is false.
 `hibernate.cache.query_cache_factory`::
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
index 64bdd79fb3..7e95845d9f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
@@ -1067,7 +1067,10 @@ public interface AvailableSettings extends org.hibernate.jpa.AvailableSettings {
 	String CACHE_PROVIDER_CONFIG = "hibernate.cache.provider_configuration_file_resource_path";
 
 	/**
-	 * Enable the second-level cache (enabled by default)
+	 * Enable the second-level cache.
+	 * <p>
+	 * By default, if the currently configured {@link org.hibernate.cache.spi.RegionFactory} is not the {@link org.hibernate.cache.internal.NoCachingRegionFactory},
+	 * then the second-level cache is going to be enabled. Otherwise, the second-level cache is disabled.
 	 */
 	String USE_SECOND_LEVEL_CACHE = "hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache";