diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
index 7e0cc2334f..b60874ac67 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ public class SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder implements SessionFactoryOptions {
 	private boolean disallowBatchUpdates(Dialect dialect, ExtractedDatabaseMetaData meta) {
 		final Boolean dialectAnswer = dialect.supportsBatchUpdates();
 		if ( dialectAnswer != null ) {
-			return dialectAnswer;
+			return !dialectAnswer;
 		}
 		return !meta.supportsBatchUpdates();
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
index 988bf23d8e..f9873e57da 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
@@ -4953,7 +4953,7 @@ public abstract class Dialect implements ConversionContext, TypeContributor, Fun
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Does this Dialect support {@linkplain PreparedStatement#addBatch() batch updates}.
+	 * Whether this Dialect supports {@linkplain PreparedStatement#addBatch() batch updates}.
 	 *
 	 * @return {@code true} indicates it does; {@code false} indicates it does not; {@code null} indicates
 	 * it might and that database-metadata should be consulted.
@@ -4966,7 +4966,7 @@ public abstract class Dialect implements ConversionContext, TypeContributor, Fun
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Does this Dialect support {@linkplain PreparedStatement#addBatch() batch updates}.
+	 * Whether this Dialect supports the JDBC {@link java.sql.Types#REF_CURSOR} type.
 	 *
 	 * @return {@code true} indicates it does; {@code false} indicates it does not; {@code null} indicates
 	 * it might and that database-metadata should be consulted