diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/Version.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/Version.java
index 5fdda757..d27d8bc8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/Version.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/Version.java
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@
  * {@code long}, {@link Long}, {@code java.sql.Timestamp},
  * {@link java.time.Instant}, {@link java.time.LocalDateTime}.
  *
- * <p>This field declares a version number:
+ * <p>Any <strong>positive number</strong> or <strong>non-null timestamp</strong>
+ * initial value will be the seed of version, otherwise vendors are free to
+ * seed the version.
+ *
+ * <p>This field declares a version number, the version seed is vendor-specific:
  *
  * {@snippet :
  * @Version
@@ -49,6 +53,14 @@
  * protected int version;
  * }
  *
+ * <p>This field declares a version number, the version seed is <code>1</code> across vendors:
+ *
+ * {@snippet :
+ * @Version
+ * @Column(name = "REVISION")
+ * protected int version = 1;
+ * }
+ *
  * <p>This field declares a revision timestamp:
  *
  * {@snippet :
diff --git a/spec/src/main/asciidoc/ch02-entities.adoc b/spec/src/main/asciidoc/ch02-entities.adoc
index 4913d1c7..45153e30 100644
--- a/spec/src/main/asciidoc/ch02-entities.adoc
+++ b/spec/src/main/asciidoc/ch02-entities.adoc
@@ -1251,6 +1251,11 @@ hierarchy, or by one of its mapped superclasses. A portable application
 must not declare a version field or property in a subclass of the root
 class of an entity class hierarchy.
 
+Any *positive number* or *non-null timestamp* initial value will be the seed of version,
+otherwise vendors are free to seed the version. A portable application
+should declare a version number field with positive initial value
+to make the seed deterministic.
+
 === Basic Types [[a486]]
 
 The following Java types are considered _basic types_: