diff --git a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/TomcatServerProperties.java b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/TomcatServerProperties.java
index 1ca76eee73e..3b9ff9e05aa 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/TomcatServerProperties.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/TomcatServerProperties.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.unit.DataSize;
  * @author Florian Storz
  * @author Michael Weidmann
  * @author Lasse Wulff
- * @author Tiziano Basile
  * @since 4.0.0
  */
 @ConfigurationProperties("server.tomcat")
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ public class TomcatServerProperties {
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether HTTP 1.1 and later location headers generated by a call to sendRedirect
-	 * will use relative or absolute redirects. Has no effect on a reactive web server.
+	 * will use relative or absolute redirects.
 	 */
 	private boolean useRelativeRedirects = true;
 
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/servlet/TomcatServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer.java b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/servlet/TomcatServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer.java
index b780a80a210..7af0d96e6d3 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/servlet/TomcatServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/servlet/TomcatServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  *
  * @author Brian Clozel
  * @author Phillip Webb
- * @author Tiziano Basile
  */
 class TomcatServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer
 		implements WebServerFactoryCustomizer<TomcatServletWebServerFactory>, Ordered {
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/TomcatServerPropertiesTests.java b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/TomcatServerPropertiesTests.java
index 00d5fddb4f0..c7eee4a6fe4 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/TomcatServerPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/autoconfigure/TomcatServerPropertiesTests.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class TomcatServerPropertiesTests {
 		map.put("server.tomcat.background-processor-delay", "10");
 		map.put("server.tomcat.relaxed-path-chars", "|,<");
 		map.put("server.tomcat.relaxed-query-chars", "^  ,  | ");
-		map.put("server.tomcat.use-relative-redirects", "true");
+		map.put("server.tomcat.use-relative-redirects", "false");
 		bind(map);
 		Accesslog accesslog = this.properties.getAccesslog();
 		assertThat(accesslog.getConditionIf()).isEqualTo("foo");
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TomcatServerPropertiesTests {
 		assertThat(this.properties.getBackgroundProcessorDelay()).hasSeconds(10);
 		assertThat(this.properties.getRelaxedPathChars()).containsExactly('|', '<');
 		assertThat(this.properties.getRelaxedQueryChars()).containsExactly('^', '|');
-		assertThat(this.properties.isUseRelativeRedirects()).isTrue();
+		assertThat(this.properties.isUseRelativeRedirects()).isFalse();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ class TomcatServerPropertiesTests {
 		assertThat(this.properties.isUseRelativeRedirects()).isTrue();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void tomcatUseRelativeRedirectsMatchesDefault() {
+		assertThat(this.properties.isUseRelativeRedirects()).isEqualTo(new StandardContext().getUseRelativeRedirects());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void tomcatMaxKeepAliveRequestsDefault() throws Exception {
 		AbstractEndpoint<?, ?> endpoint = (AbstractEndpoint<?, ?>) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(getDefaultProtocol(),