diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
index 89cc90fa6..6980a0b0d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ Default: `false`.
 startOffset::
   The starting offset for new groups, or when `resetOffsets` is `true`.
 Allowed values: `earliest`, `latest`.
+If the consumer group is set explicitly for the consumer 'binding' (via `spring.cloud.stream.bindings.<channelName>.group`), then 'startOffset' is set to `earliest`; otherwise it is set to `latest` for the `anonymous` consumer group.
 +
 Default: null (equivalent to `earliest`).
 enableDlq::