diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/ListenerContainerWithDlqAndRetryCustomizer.java b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/ListenerContainerWithDlqAndRetryCustomizer.java
index 567ac6441..ed453c097 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/ListenerContainerWithDlqAndRetryCustomizer.java
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/ListenerContainerWithDlqAndRetryCustomizer.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public interface ListenerContainerWithDlqAndRetryCustomizer
 	 * {@link #configure(AbstractMessageListenerContainer, String, String, BiFunction, BackOff)}.
 	 * @param destinationName the destination name.
 	 * @param group the group.
-	 * @return true to disable retrie in the binding
+	 * @return false to disable retries and DLQ in the binding
 	 */
 	default boolean retryAndDlqInBinding(String destinationName, String group) {
 		return true;
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/kafka/kafka_overview.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/kafka/kafka_overview.adoc
index 46eacfdb8..dca41b052 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/kafka/kafka_overview.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/kafka/kafka_overview.adoc
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ void configure(AbstractMessageListenerContainer<?, ?> container, String destinat
  * {@link #configure(AbstractMessageListenerContainer, String, String, BiFunction, BackOff)}.
  * @param destinationName the destination name.
  * @param group the group.
- * @return true to disable retrie in the binding
+ * @return false to disable retries and DLQ in the binding
  */
 default boolean retryAndDlqInBinding(String destinationName, String group) {
     return true;