diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/RegisterForReflection.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/RegisterForReflection.java
index 80f0884eaa8fc7..9d697983ba294e 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/RegisterForReflection.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/RegisterForReflection.java
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 
 /**
  * Annotation that can be used to force a class to be registered for reflection in native image mode.
- * Note that by default nested classes and interfaces are registered too.
- * If you have performance concerns, you can use {@link #ignoreNested()} = true.
- * Similarly, by default only the class itself is registered, not the full class hierarchy. This can be changed by setting
- * {@link #registerFullHierarchy()} to true.
+ * Note that by default the class itself is registered including nested classes and interfaces,
+ * but not the full class hierarchy. This can be changed by setting:
+ * {@link #ignoreNested()} to true, to ignore nested classes.
+ * {@link #registerFullHierarchy()} to true, to register the full hierarchy.
  */
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Target(ElementType.TYPE)
diff --git a/integration-tests/jackson/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/jackson/model/ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField.java b/integration-tests/jackson/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/jackson/model/ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField.java
index 8cb4ff7f6963d4..a5dca13f503d5d 100644
--- a/integration-tests/jackson/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/jackson/model/ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField.java
+++ b/integration-tests/jackson/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/jackson/model/ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection;
 
-@RegisterForReflection
+@RegisterForReflection(ignoreNested = true)
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField {
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/jsonb/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/jsonb/ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField.java b/integration-tests/jsonb/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/jsonb/ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField.java
index ca13e2f3de83e8..f3a5b1ce549a35 100644
--- a/integration-tests/jsonb/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/jsonb/ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField.java
+++ b/integration-tests/jsonb/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/jsonb/ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection;
 
-@RegisterForReflection
+@RegisterForReflection(ignoreNested = true)
 public class ModelWithSerializerAndDeserializerOnField {
 
     private String name;
diff --git a/integration-tests/main/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/rest/ResourceA.java b/integration-tests/main/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/rest/ResourceA.java
index c5cdb5debb026a..2d6fd6b205a6f4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/main/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/rest/ResourceA.java
+++ b/integration-tests/main/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/rest/ResourceA.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /**
  * Only Parent Class will be registered and none of the inner classes will be registered for reflection.
  */
-@RegisterForReflection
+@RegisterForReflection(ignoreNested = true)
 class ResourceA {
 
     private class InnerClassOfA {
diff --git a/integration-tests/main/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/rest/ResourceC.java b/integration-tests/main/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/rest/ResourceC.java
index 3441c74b478057..6a4e4db08b6737 100644
--- a/integration-tests/main/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/rest/ResourceC.java
+++ b/integration-tests/main/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/rest/ResourceC.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * This class is registering targets = ResourceD.StaticClassOfD
  * The class itself won't be registered by this, only target will be registered without registering nested classes
  */
-@RegisterForReflection(targets = ResourceD.StaticClassOfD.class)
+@RegisterForReflection(targets = ResourceD.StaticClassOfD.class, ignoreNested = true)
 public class ResourceC {
 
     private class InaccessibleClassOfC {