diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
index ac0363f1c4..f6c54dd043 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
   public static final long    DFS_NAMENODE_PATH_BASED_CACHE_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS_DEFAULT = 30000L;
   public static final String  DFS_NAMENODE_CACHING_ENABLED_KEY =
       "dfs.namenode.caching.enabled";
+  // TODO: Default value to be set false in 4.0.0 release onwards (HDFS-16209)
   public static final boolean DFS_NAMENODE_CACHING_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
 
   /** Pending period of block deletion since NameNode startup */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index 642057fe00..7b580d2e34 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -2868,6 +2868,10 @@
     maintain a mapping of cached blocks to DataNodes via processing DataNode
     cache reports.  Based on these reports and addition and removal of caching
     directives, the NameNode will schedule caching and uncaching work.
+    In the current implementation, centralized caching introduces additional
+    write lock overhead (see CacheReplicationMonitor#rescan) even if no path
+    to cache is specified, so we recommend disabling this feature when not in
+    use. We will disable centralized caching by default in later versions.
   </description>
 </property>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/CentralizedCacheManagement.md b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/CentralizedCacheManagement.md
index 6fc383871f..da3d45c206 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/CentralizedCacheManagement.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/CentralizedCacheManagement.md
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ The following properties are not required, but may be specified for tuning:
 
 *   dfs.namenode.caching.enabled
 
-    This parameter can be used to enable/disable the centralized caching in NameNode. When centralized caching is disabled, NameNode will not process cache reports or store information about block cache locations on the cluster. Note that NameNode will continute to store the path based cache locations in the file-system metadata, even though it will not act on this information until the caching is enabled. The default value for this parameter is true (i.e. centralized caching is enabled).
+    This parameter can be used to enable/disable the centralized caching in NameNode. When centralized caching is disabled, NameNode will not process cache reports or store information about block cache locations on the cluster. Note that NameNode will continute to store the path based cache locations in the file-system metadata, even though it will not act on this information until the caching is enabled. The default value for this parameter is true (i.e. centralized caching is enabled). In the current implementation, centralized caching introduces additional write lock overhead (see CacheReplicationMonitor#rescan) even if no path to cache is specified, so we recommend disabling this feature when not in use. We will disable centralized caching by default in later versions.
 
 *   dfs.datanode.pmem.cache.recovery