diff --git a/site/docs/encoding/scale.md b/site/docs/encoding/scale.md
index 847a2d6316..43eecd4774 100644
--- a/site/docs/encoding/scale.md
+++ b/site/docs/encoding/scale.md
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ To provide themes for all scales, the scale config (`config: {scale: {...}}`) ca
 
 #### Padding
 
-{% include table.html props="bandPaddingInner,barBandPaddingInner,rectBandPaddingInner,bandWithNestedOffsetPaddingInner,offsetBandPaddingInner,bandPaddingOuter,bandWithNestedOffsetPaddingOuter,offsetBandPaddingOuter,continuousPadding,pointPadding" source="ScaleConfig" %}
+{% include table.html props="bandPaddingInner,barBandPaddingInner,rectBandPaddingInner,bandWithNestedOffsetPaddingInner,offsetBandPaddingInner,bandPaddingOuter,bandWithNestedOffsetPaddingOuter,offsetBandPaddingOuter,continuousPadding,pointPadding,zero" source="ScaleConfig" %}
 
 #### Range
 
diff --git a/src/scale.ts b/src/scale.ts
index fe4f8f3ee4..33bff5333e 100644
--- a/src/scale.ts
+++ b/src/scale.ts
@@ -417,8 +417,7 @@ export interface ScaleConfig<ES extends ExprRef | SignalRef> {
   xReverse?: boolean | ES;
 
   /**
-   * Default for ensuring that a zero baseline values for [`quantize`](https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/docs/scale.html#quantize) scale.
-   *
+   * Override the default `scale.zero` for [`continuous`](https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/docs/scale.html#continuous) scale except for non-ranged bar or area charts.
    *
    * __Default value:__ `true`
    *