diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
index 195b8a94e3..95b03df8d2 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
@@ -207,8 +207,10 @@ public class MockHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the content of the response body as a {@code String}, using the configured
-	 * {@linkplain #getCharacterEncoding character encoding}.
+	 * Get the content of the response body as a {@code String}, using the charset
+	 * specified for the response by the application, either through
+	 * {@link HttpServletResponse} methods or through a charset parameter on the
+	 * {@code Content-Type}.
 	 * @return the content as a {@code String}
 	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the character encoding is not supported
 	 * @see #getContentAsString(Charset)
@@ -221,7 +223,9 @@ public class MockHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 	/**
 	 * Get the content of the response body as a {@code String}, using the provided
 	 * {@code fallbackCharset} if no charset has been explicitly defined and otherwise
-	 * using the configured {@linkplain #getCharacterEncoding character encoding}.
+	 * using the charset specified for the response by the application, either
+	 * through {@link HttpServletResponse} methods or through a charset parameter on the
+	 * {@code Content-Type}.
 	 * @return the content as a {@code String}
 	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the character encoding is not supported
 	 * @since 5.2