diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ConverterProvider.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ConverterProvider.java
index 6552047500..9a1e01d2b1 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ConverterProvider.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ConverterProvider.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
  */
 package org.jooq;
 
+import org.jooq.impl.DefaultConverterProvider;
+
 /**
  * A <code>ConverterProvider</code> provides {@link Converter} implementations
  * for any combination of types <code>&lt;T&gt;</code> and
@@ -46,6 +48,10 @@ package org.jooq;
  * {@link RecordMapper}, e.g. when mapping {@link JSON} or {@link XML} data
  * types onto POJO types using third party libraries like Jackson, Gson, JAXB,
  * or others.
+ * <p>
+ * It is recommended to delegate all calls to
+ * {@link DefaultConverterProvider#provide(Class, Class)} for pairs of classes
+ * that are not handled by this converter provider.
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConverterProvider.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConverterProvider.java
index aba29fd7ed..dc5dfd740a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConverterProvider.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConverterProvider.java
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ import org.jooq.tools.Convert;
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */
-public class DefaultConverterProvider implements ConverterProvider {
+public final class DefaultConverterProvider implements ConverterProvider {
 
     @Override
-    public <T, U> Converter<T, U> provide(final Class<T> tType, final Class<U> uType) {
+    public final <T, U> Converter<T, U> provide(final Class<T> tType, final Class<U> uType) {
         return new Converter<T, U>() {
 
             /**