diff --git a/routing.rst b/routing.rst
index 58f3fa28c80..102aef454f0 100644
--- a/routing.rst
+++ b/routing.rst
@@ -936,6 +936,10 @@ other configuration formats they are defined with the ``defaults`` option:
 Now, when the user visits ``/blog``, the ``blog_list`` route will match and
 ``$page`` will default to a value of ``1``.
 
+.. tip::
+
+    The default value is allowed to not match the requirement.
+
 .. warning::
 
     You can have more than one optional parameter (e.g. ``/blog/{slug}/{page}``),