diff --git a/components/cache/adapters/redis_adapter.rst b/components/cache/adapters/redis_adapter.rst
index dc8f9439204..97be909534e 100644
--- a/components/cache/adapters/redis_adapter.rst
+++ b/components/cache/adapters/redis_adapter.rst
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ array of ``key => value`` pairs representing option names and their respective v
 
         // associative array of configuration options
         array(
+            'lazy' => false,
             'persistent' => 0,
             'persistent_id' => null,
             'timeout' => 30,
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ Available Options
     If none is specified, it will return ``\Redis`` if the ``redis`` extension is
     available, and ``\Predis\Client`` otherwise.
 
+``lazy`` (type: ``bool``, default: ``false``)
+    Enables or disables lazy connections to the backend. It's ``false`` by
+    default when using this as a stand-alone component and ``true`` by default
+    when using it inside a Symfony application.
+
 ``persistent`` (type: ``int``, default: ``0``)
     Enables or disables use of persistent connections. A value of ``0`` disables persistent
     connections, and a value of ``1`` enables them.