diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/SimpleResultHandler.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/SimpleResultHandler.java
index b32a4d0f76..1b9c7b1d61 100644
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/SimpleResultHandler.java
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/SimpleResultHandler.java
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ public class SimpleResultHandler implements Ordered, HandlerResultHandler {
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the order for this result handler relative to others.
+	 * <p>By default this is set to {@link Ordered#LOWEST_PRECEDENCE} and is
+	 * generally safe to use late in the order since it looks specifically for
+	 * {@code void} or async return types parameterized by {@code void}.
+	 * @param order the order
+	 */
 	public void setOrder(int order) {
 		this.order = order;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/view/ViewResolverResultHandler.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/view/ViewResolverResultHandler.java
index 4b3ed3639a..c858401b23 100644
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/view/ViewResolverResultHandler.java
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/view/ViewResolverResultHandler.java
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ public class ViewResolverResultHandler implements HandlerResultHandler, Ordered
 		return Collections.unmodifiableList(this.viewResolvers);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the order for this result handler relative to others.
+	 * <p>By default this is set to {@link Ordered#LOWEST_PRECEDENCE} and
+	 * generally needs to be used late in the order since it interprets any
+	 * String return value as a view name while others may interpret the same
+	 * otherwise based on annotations (e.g. for {@code @ResponseBody}).
+	 * @param order the order
+	 */
 	public void setOrder(int order) {
 		this.order = order;
 	}
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ public class ViewResolverResultHandler implements HandlerResultHandler, Ordered
 		return this.order;
 	}
 
-	// TODO: Add support for model-related return value (Model, ModelAndView, @ModelAttribute)
+	// TODO: Support for Model, ModelAndView, @ModelAttribute, Object with no method annotations
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean supports(HandlerResult result) {
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/RequestMappingIntegrationTests.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/RequestMappingIntegrationTests.java
index 2be8ca1eb1..0e38a43b6b 100644
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/RequestMappingIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/RequestMappingIntegrationTests.java
@@ -415,25 +415,18 @@ public class RequestMappingIntegrationTests extends AbstractHttpHandlerIntegrati
 					new CodecHttpMessageConverter<>(new ByteBufferEncoder(), new ByteBufferDecoder()),
 					new CodecHttpMessageConverter<>(new StringEncoder(), new StringDecoder()),
 					new CodecHttpMessageConverter<>(new JacksonJsonEncoder(), new JacksonJsonDecoder()));
-			ResponseBodyResultHandler resultHandler =
-					new ResponseBodyResultHandler(converters, conversionService());
-			resultHandler.setOrder(1);
-			return resultHandler;
+			return new ResponseBodyResultHandler(converters, conversionService());
 		}
 
 		@Bean
 		public SimpleResultHandler simpleHandlerResultHandler() {
-			SimpleResultHandler resultHandler = new SimpleResultHandler(conversionService());
-			resultHandler.setOrder(2);
-			return resultHandler;
+			return new SimpleResultHandler(conversionService());
 		}
 
 		@Bean
 		public ViewResolverResultHandler viewResolverResultHandler() {
 			List<ViewResolver> resolvers = Collections.singletonList(freeMarkerViewResolver());
-			ViewResolverResultHandler resultHandler = new ViewResolverResultHandler(resolvers, conversionService());
-			resultHandler.setOrder(3);
-			return resultHandler;
+			return new ViewResolverResultHandler(resolvers, conversionService());
 		}
 
 		@Bean