diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/BeanPropertyRowMapper.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/BeanPropertyRowMapper.java
index 47d4f4955f..1d843e88eb 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/BeanPropertyRowMapper.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/BeanPropertyRowMapper.java
@@ -406,8 +406,11 @@ public class BeanPropertyRowMapper<T> implements RowMapper<T> {
 
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve a JDBC object value for the specified column.
-	 * <p>The default implementation delegates to
-	 * {@link #getColumnValue(ResultSet, int, Class)}.
+	 * <p>The default implementation calls
+	 * {@link JdbcUtils#getResultSetValue(java.sql.ResultSet, int, Class)}
+	 * using the type of the specified {@link PropertyDescriptor}
+	 * Subclasses may override this to check specific value types upfront,
+	 * or to post-process values return from {@code getResultSetValue}.
 	 * @param rs is the ResultSet holding the data
 	 * @param index is the column index
 	 * @param pd the bean property that each result object is expected to match