diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractBeanDefinition.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractBeanDefinition.java
index 291ee055b1e7..99bb7d55fd90 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractBeanDefinition.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractBeanDefinition.java
@@ -896,16 +896,20 @@ public String getInitMethodName() {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Specify whether or not the configured init method is the default.
-	 * <p>The default value is {@code false}.
+	 * Specify whether or not the configured initializer method is the default.
+	 * <p>The default value is {@code true} for a locally specified init method
+	 * but switched to {@code false} for a shared setting in a defaults section
+	 * (e.g. {@code bean init-method} versus {@code beans default-init-method}
+	 * level in XML) which might not apply to all contained bean definitions.
 	 * @see #setInitMethodName
+	 * @see #applyDefaults
 	 */
 	public void setEnforceInitMethod(boolean enforceInitMethod) {
 		this.enforceInitMethod = enforceInitMethod;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Indicate whether the configured init method is the default.
+	 * Indicate whether the configured initializer method is the default.
 	 * @see #getInitMethodName()
 	 */
 	public boolean isEnforceInitMethod() {
@@ -930,8 +934,12 @@ public String getDestroyMethodName() {
 
 	/**
 	 * Specify whether or not the configured destroy method is the default.
-	 * <p>The default value is {@code false}.
+	 * <p>The default value is {@code true} for a locally specified destroy method
+	 * but switched to {@code false} for a shared setting in a defaults section
+	 * (e.g. {@code bean destroy-method} versus {@code beans default-destroy-method}
+	 * level in XML) which might not apply to all contained bean definitions.
 	 * @see #setDestroyMethodName
+	 * @see #applyDefaults
 	 */
 	public void setEnforceDestroyMethod(boolean enforceDestroyMethod) {
 		this.enforceDestroyMethod = enforceDestroyMethod;
@@ -939,7 +947,7 @@ public void setEnforceDestroyMethod(boolean enforceDestroyMethod) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Indicate whether the configured destroy method is the default.
-	 * @see #getDestroyMethodName
+	 * @see #getDestroyMethodName()
 	 */
 	public boolean isEnforceDestroyMethod() {
 		return this.enforceDestroyMethod;
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionDefaults.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionDefaults.java
index 19bc13b72c30..1964a4f453eb 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionDefaults.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionDefaults.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 2.5
+ * @see AbstractBeanDefinition#applyDefaults
  */
 public class BeanDefinitionDefaults {
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public class BeanDefinitionDefaults {
 	 * Set whether beans should be lazily initialized by default.
 	 * <p>If {@code false}, the bean will get instantiated on startup by bean
 	 * factories that perform eager initialization of singletons.
+	 * @see AbstractBeanDefinition#setLazyInit
 	 */
 	public void setLazyInit(boolean lazyInit) {
 		this.lazyInit = lazyInit;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ public boolean isLazyInit() {
 	 * (however, there may still be explicit annotation-driven autowiring).
 	 * @param autowireMode the autowire mode to set.
 	 * Must be one of the constants defined in {@link AbstractBeanDefinition}.
+	 * @see AbstractBeanDefinition#setAutowireMode
 	 */
 	public void setAutowireMode(int autowireMode) {
 		this.autowireMode = autowireMode;
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ public int getAutowireMode() {
 	 * Set the dependency check code.
 	 * @param dependencyCheck the code to set.
 	 * Must be one of the constants defined in {@link AbstractBeanDefinition}.
+	 * @see AbstractBeanDefinition#setDependencyCheck
 	 */
 	public void setDependencyCheck(int dependencyCheck) {
 		this.dependencyCheck = dependencyCheck;
@@ -96,6 +100,10 @@ public int getDependencyCheck() {
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the name of the default initializer method.
+	 * <p>Note that this method is not enforced on all affected bean definitions
+	 * but rather taken as an optional callback, to be invoked if actually present.
+	 * @see AbstractBeanDefinition#setInitMethodName
+	 * @see AbstractBeanDefinition#setEnforceInitMethod
 	 */
 	public void setInitMethodName(@Nullable String initMethodName) {
 		this.initMethodName = (StringUtils.hasText(initMethodName) ? initMethodName : null);
@@ -111,6 +119,10 @@ public String getInitMethodName() {
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the name of the default destroy method.
+	 * <p>Note that this method is not enforced on all affected bean definitions
+	 * but rather taken as an optional callback, to be invoked if actually present.
+	 * @see AbstractBeanDefinition#setDestroyMethodName
+	 * @see AbstractBeanDefinition#setEnforceDestroyMethod
 	 */
 	public void setDestroyMethodName(@Nullable String destroyMethodName) {
 		this.destroyMethodName = (StringUtils.hasText(destroyMethodName) ? destroyMethodName : null);