diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
index 96eed7fab0..03b0ac175b 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
@@ -1684,3 +1684,8 @@ Jason Laber (jlaber@github)
 Andreas Zahnen (azahnen@github)
  * Reported #4078: `java.desktop` module is no longer optional
   (2.16.0)
+
+Omar Aloraini (ooraini@github)
+ * Requested #4061: Add JsonTypeInfo.Id.SIMPLE_NAME which defaults type id
+   to `Class.getSimpleName()`
+  (2.16.0)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 69d9f222fe..0b0e0983e9 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 #4056: Provide the "ObjectMapper.treeToValue(TreeNode, TypeReference)" method
  (contributed by @fantasy0v0)
 #4060: Expose `NativeImageUtil.isRunningInNativeImage()` method
+#4061: Add JsonTypeInfo.Id.SIMPLE_NAME which defaults type id to `Class.getSimpleName()`
+ (requested by Omar A)
+ (contributed by Joo-Hyuk K)
 #4071: Impossible to deserialize custom `Throwable` sub-classes that do not
   have single-String constructors
  (reported by @PasKal)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/SimpleNameIdResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/SimpleNameIdResolver.java
index 94724f5f64..02837f831b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/SimpleNameIdResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/SimpleNameIdResolver.java
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl;
 
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DatabindContext;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.MapperConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.NamedType;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.TreeSet;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 /**
  * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeIdResolver} implementation
- * that converts between (JSON) Strings and simple Java class names.
- * 
+ * that converts using explicitly (annotation-) specified type names
+ * and maps to implementation classes; or, in absence of annotated type name,
+ * defaults to simple {@link Class} names (obtained with {@link Class#getSimpleName()}.
+ * Basically same as {@link TypeNameIdResolver} except for default to "simple"
+ * and not "full" class name.
+ *
  * @since 2.16
  */
 public class SimpleNameIdResolver
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@ protected JavaType _typeFromId(String id) {
         if (_caseInsensitive) {
             id = id.toLowerCase();
         }
-        // Now: if no type is found, should we try to locate it by
-        // some other means? (specifically, if in same package as base type,
-        // could just try Class.forName)
-        // For now let's not add any such workarounds; can add if need be
         return _idToType.get(id);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/TypeNameIdResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/TypeNameIdResolver.java
index ddf598db57..0fd9ccd931 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/TypeNameIdResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/TypeNameIdResolver.java
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 
 /**
  * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeIdResolver} implementation
- * that converts uses explicitly specified (by annotation) type names
+ * that converts using explicitly (annotation-) specified type names
  * and maps to implementation classes; or, in absence of annotated type name,
- * defaults to fully-qualified {@link Class} names.
+ * defaults to fully-qualified {@link Class} names (obtained with {@link Class#getName()}
  */
 public class TypeNameIdResolver extends TypeIdResolverBase
 {