diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc
index 1ac45ab4..3b806b4c 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ If none of them is on the classpath, the default feign client is used.
 
 NOTE: `spring-cloud-starter-openfeign` supports `spring-cloud-starter-loadbalancer`. However, as is an optional dependency, you need to make sure it has been added to your project if you want to use it.
 
-The OkHttpClient, Apache HttpClient 5 and Http2Client Feign clients can be used by setting `spring.cloud.openfeign.okhttp.enabled` or `spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.enabled` or `spring.cloud.openfeign.http2client.enabled` to `true`, respectively, and having them on the classpath.
+To use OkHttpClient-backed Feign clients and Http2Client Feign clients, make sure that the client you want to use is on the classpath and set `spring.cloud.openfeign.okhttp.enabled` or `spring.cloud.openfeign.http2client.enabled` to `true` respectively.
+
+When it comes to the Apache HttpClient 5-backed Feign clients, it's enough to ensure HttpClient 5 is on the classpath, but you can still disable its use for Feign Clients by setting  `spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.enabled` to `false`.
 You can customize the HTTP client used by providing a bean of either `org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient` when using Apache HC5.
 
 You can further customise http clients by setting values in the `spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.xxx` properties. The ones prefixed just with `httpclient` will work for all the clients, the ones prefixed with `httpclient.hc5` to Apache HttpClient 5, the ones prefixed with `httpclient.okhttp` to OkHttpClient and the ones prefixed with `httpclient.http2` to Http2Client. You can find a full list of properties you can customise in the appendix.
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/_configprops.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/_configprops.adoc
index 13b00a7e..c12635c7 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/_configprops.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/_configprops.adoc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 |spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.follow-redirects | `+++true+++` | 
 |spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.connection-request-timeout | `+++3+++` | Default value for connection request timeout.
 |spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.connection-request-timeout-unit |  | Default value for connection request timeout unit.
-|spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.enabled | `+++false+++` | Enables the use of the Apache HTTP Client 5 by Feign.
+|spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.enabled | `+++true+++` | Enables the use of the Apache HTTP Client 5 by Feign.
 |spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.pool-concurrency-policy |  | Pool concurrency policies.
 |spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.pool-reuse-policy |  | Pool connection re-use policies.
 |spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.socket-timeout | `+++5+++` | Default value for socket timeout.
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index 4da8f3a6..9dfa5a52 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 			"name": "spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.enabled",
 			"type": "java.lang.Boolean",
 			"description": "Enables the use of the Apache HTTP Client 5 by Feign.",
-			"defaultValue": "false"
+			"defaultValue": "true"
 		},
 		{
 			"name": "spring.cloud.openfeign.okhttp.enabled",