diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
index 438a06334..3dd864700 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
@@ -114,10 +114,15 @@ Default: none (Spring AMQP default).
 
 === RabbitMQ Consumer Properties
 
-NOTE: To avoid repetition, Spring Cloud Stream supports setting values for all channels, in the format of `spring.cloud.stream.default.<property>=<value>`.
-
 The following properties are available for Rabbit consumers only and must be prefixed with `spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.bindings.<channelName>.consumer.`.
 
+However if the same set of properties needs to be applied to most bindings, to
+avoid repetition, Spring Cloud Stream supports setting values for all channels,
+in the format of `spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.default.<property>=<value>`.
+
+Also, keep in mind that binding specific property will override its equivalent in the default.
+
+
 acknowledgeMode::
 The acknowledge mode.
 +
@@ -374,11 +379,14 @@ The customizer (`configure()` method) is provided with the queue name as well as
 
 === Rabbit Producer Properties
 
-NOTE: To avoid repetition, Spring Cloud Stream supports setting values for all channels, in the format of `spring.cloud.stream.default.<property>=<value>`.
+The following properties are available for Rabbit producers only and must be prefixed with `spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.bindings.<channelName>.producer.`.
 
+However if the same set of properties needs to be applied to most bindings, to
+avoid repetition, Spring Cloud Stream supports setting values for all channels,
+in the format of `spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.default.<property>=<value>`.
+
+Also, keep in mind that binding specific property will override its equivalent in the default.
 
-The following properties are available for Rabbit producers only and
-must be prefixed with `spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.bindings.<channelName>.producer.`.
 
 autoBindDlq::
 Whether to automatically declare the DLQ and bind it to the binder DLX.
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/rabbit/integration/RabbitBinderModuleTests.java b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/rabbit/integration/RabbitBinderModuleTests.java
index 0802533e6..713a50076 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/rabbit/integration/RabbitBinderModuleTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/rabbit/integration/RabbitBinderModuleTests.java
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ public class RabbitBinderModuleTests {
 		context = new SpringApplicationBuilder(SimpleProcessor.class)
 				.web(WebApplicationType.NONE).run("--server.port=0",
 						"--spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.default.producer.routing-key-expression=fooRoutingKey",
+						"--spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.default.consumer.exchange-type=direct",
 						"--spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.bindings.output.producer.batch-size=512",
 						"--spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.default.consumer.max-concurrency=4",
 						"--spring.cloud.stream.rabbit.bindings.input.consumer.exchange-type=fanout");