diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/annotation/Cacheable.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/annotation/Cacheable.java
index e1d2700a4c4c..85965cbffa0a 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/annotation/Cacheable.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/annotation/Cacheable.java
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
 
 	/**
 	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression used for making the method
-	 * caching conditional.
+	 * caching conditional. If condition is evaluated to {@code true}, result
+	 * is cached.
 	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning the method result is always cached.
 	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates against a dedicated context that provides the
 	 * following meta-data: