diff --git a/modules/jdbc-pool/doc/jdbc-pool.xml b/modules/jdbc-pool/doc/jdbc-pool.xml
index 186165f3fb01..871c18ff5d78 100644
--- a/modules/jdbc-pool/doc/jdbc-pool.xml
+++ b/modules/jdbc-pool/doc/jdbc-pool.xml
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@
 
     <attribute name="testOnBorrow" required="false">
       <p>(boolean) The indication of whether objects will be validated before being borrowed from the pool.
-         If the object fails to validate, it will be dropped from the pool, and we will attempt to borrow another.
+         If the object fails to validate, a reconnection is attempted using the same object. 
+         If the reconnection also fails, the object is dropped from the pool and an <code>SQLException</code> is thrown.
          In order to have a more efficient validation, see <code>validationInterval</code>.
          Default value is <code>false</code>
       </p>
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@
 
     <attribute name="validationQuery" required="false">
       <p>(String) The SQL query that will be used to validate connections from this pool before returning them to the caller.
-         If specified, this query does not have to return any data, it just can't throw a <code>SQLException</code>.
+         If specified, this query does not have to return any data, it just can't throw an <code>SQLException</code>.
          The default value is <code>null</code>.
          If not specified, connections will be validation by the isValid() method.
          Example values are <code>SELECT 1</code>(mysql), <code>select 1 from dual</code>(oracle), <code>SELECT 1</code>(MS Sql Server)