diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 796137ba90..ee9621df53 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -3336,7 +3336,10 @@ size of 500 and a _time to live_ of 10 minutes
 ----
 
 Besides, if a `com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader` bean is defined, it is automatically
-associated to the `GuavaCacheManager`.
+associated to the `GuavaCacheManager`. Since the `CacheLoader` is going to be associated
+to _all_ caches managed by the cache manager, it must be defined as
+`CacheLoader<Object, Object>`. Any other generic type will be ignored by the
+auto-configuration.