diff --git a/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/config/QuotaConfig.java b/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/config/QuotaConfig.java
index cc2c373081336..4c3df45d8cf84 100644
--- a/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/config/QuotaConfig.java
+++ b/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/config/QuotaConfig.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class QuotaConfig {
     public static final String CLIENT_QUOTA_CALLBACK_CLASS_CONFIG = "client.quota.callback.class";
     public static final String CLIENT_QUOTA_CALLBACK_CLASS_DOC = "The fully qualified name of a class that implements the ClientQuotaCallback interface, " +
             "which is used to determine quota limits applied to client requests. " +
+            "By default, the <user> and <client-id&gt quotas that are stored and applied. " + 
             "For any given request, the most specific quota that matches the user principal of the session and the client-id of the request is applied.";
 
     public static final String LEADER_REPLICATION_THROTTLED_REPLICAS_CONFIG = "leader.replication.throttled.replicas";