There is a minor difference between these two properties. Jetty Client allows you to set per request redirect (ClientProperties.FOLLOW_REDIRECTS) in addition to global redirects (JettyClientProperties.FOLLOW_REDIRECTS) which is set on the client instance. I agree the property name can be confusing, may be the javadoc needs to be beefed up. Do you think I should rename the one in JettyClientProperties to something like FOLLOW_GLOBAL_REDIRECTS?