diff --git a/reference/conanfile/attributes/consumers.inc b/reference/conanfile/attributes/consumers.inc
index 26f9fd751f1c..5302438c2f19 100644
--- a/reference/conanfile/attributes/consumers.inc
+++ b/reference/conanfile/attributes/consumers.inc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ generator_info
 .. include:: ../../common/experimental_warning.inc
 
 Generators to be passed to the dependant recipes.
-Should be only filled in the ``package_info()`` method.
+Should be only filled in the ``package_info()`` method, ``None`` by default.
 
 .. seealso::
 
diff --git a/reference/conanfile/methods/package_info.rst b/reference/conanfile/methods/package_info.rst
index c1a3a873eaca..4cb99456f819 100644
--- a/reference/conanfile/methods/package_info.rst
+++ b/reference/conanfile/methods/package_info.rst
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ generator_info
 
 
 ``tool_requires`` in the build context can inject generators into the recipe,
-by adding them to the ``generator_info`` list inside the ``package_info`` method.
+by adding them to the ``generator_info`` attribute inside the ``package_info`` method.
 This is useful to inject custom generators into the recipe, that will be used by the consumers of the package,
 just as if they were declared in their ``generators`` attribute.
 
@@ -320,9 +320,10 @@ just as if they were declared in their ``generators`` attribute.
             self.output.info(f"Calling custom generator for {conanfile}")
 
     def package_info(self):
-        self.generator_info.append(MyGenerator)
+        self.generator_info = [MyGenerator]
 
-Note that this only propagates from the immediate, direct ``tool_requires`` of a recipe.
+Note that this only propagates from the immediate, direct ``tool_requires`` of a recipe,
+and that by default ``self.generator_info`` is ``None``.
 
 
 .. note::
diff --git a/reference/extensions/custom_generators.rst b/reference/extensions/custom_generators.rst
index 975f065ad619..9fdfcbe69c63 100644
--- a/reference/extensions/custom_generators.rst
+++ b/reference/extensions/custom_generators.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Generators from tool_requires
 A direct dependency tool requires can also be used to provide custom generators.
 The following example shows how to create a custom generator that generates a file with the
 dependencies of the package, just like the example above, but using a ``tool_require`` instead of a ``python_require``
-to inject the generator into the recipe, by adding them to the ``self.generator_info`` list inside the ``package_info`` method.
+to inject the generator into the recipe, by adding them to the ``self.generator_info`` attribute inside the ``package_info`` method.
+Note that this attribute is ``None`` by default, so you need to set it explicitly to a list of generators.
 
 .. code-block:: python
     :caption: mygenerator/conanfile.py
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ inject the generator into the recipe.
 
 .. note::
 
-    Note that built-in generators can also be injected using tool_requires,
-    by adding them by name: ``self.generator_info.append("CMakeDeps")``.
+    Built-in generators can also be injected using tool_requires,
+    by adding them by name: ``self.generator_info = ["CMakeDeps"]``.
     ``tool_require``ing this package will inject the ``CMakeDeps`` generator into the recipe
     just as if it was declared in its ``generators`` attribute.