diff --git a/extensions/bootstrap/ActiveField.php b/extensions/bootstrap/ActiveField.php
index 35e1db8ffb..6c026c0661 100644
--- a/extensions/bootstrap/ActiveField.php
+++ b/extensions/bootstrap/ActiveField.php
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ class ActiveField extends \yii\widgets\ActiveField
             $this->labelOptions['class'] = null;
         }
 
-        parent::checkbox($options, false);
-        return $this;
+        return parent::checkbox($options, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -230,8 +229,7 @@ class ActiveField extends \yii\widgets\ActiveField
             $this->labelOptions['class'] = null;
         }
 
-        parent::radio($options, false);
-        return $this;
+        return parent::radio($options, false);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 58e70ce3f7..0f3eadec3e 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Chg: `yii\web\Request::cookieValidationKey` must be explicitly specified for each application that wants to use cookie validation (qiangxue)
 - Chg: Added `yii\composer\Installer::postCreateProject()` and modified the syntax of calling installer methods in composer.json (qiangxue)
 - Chg: When an ID is found to be in both `Application::controllerMap` and `Application::modules`, the former will take precedence (qiangxue)
+- Chg: `yii\helpers\Html::activeCheckbox()` and `activeRadio()` will generate labels by default using the corresponding attribute labels (qiangxue)
 - New #1280: Gii can now be run from command line (schmunk42, cebe, qiangxue)
 - New #3911: Added `yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior` that fills the specified model attribute with the transliterated and adjusted version to use in URLs (creocoder)
 - New #4193: Added `yii\filters\Cors` CORS filter to allow Cross Origin Resource Sharing (pgaultier)
diff --git a/framework/helpers/BaseHtml.php b/framework/helpers/BaseHtml.php
index 83972b2420..829632b288 100644
--- a/framework/helpers/BaseHtml.php
+++ b/framework/helpers/BaseHtml.php
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ class BaseHtml
     }
 
     /**
-     * Generates a radio button tag for the given model attribute.
+     * Generates a radio button tag together with a label for the given model attribute.
      * This method will generate the "checked" tag attribute according to the model attribute value.
      * @param Model $model the model object
      * @param string $attribute the attribute name or expression. See [[getAttributeName()]] for the format
@@ -1245,7 +1245,9 @@ class BaseHtml
      *   via the hidden input.
      * - label: string, a label displayed next to the radio button.  It will NOT be HTML-encoded. Therefore you can pass
      *   in HTML code such as an image tag. If this is is coming from end users, you should [[encode()]] it to prevent XSS attacks.
-     *   When this option is specified, the radio button will be enclosed by a label tag.
+     *   The radio button will be enclosed by the label tag. Note that if you do not specify this option, a default label
+     *   will be used based on the attribute label declaration in the model. If you do not want any label, you should
+     *   explicitly set this option as null.
      * - labelOptions: array, the HTML attributes for the label tag. This is only used when the "label" option is specified.
      *
      * The rest of the options will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will
@@ -1266,6 +1268,9 @@ class BaseHtml
         if (!array_key_exists('uncheck', $options)) {
             $options['uncheck'] = '0';
         }
+        if (!array_key_exists('label', $options)) {
+            $options['label'] = static::encode($model->getAttributeLabel(static::getAttributeName($attribute)));
+        }
 
         $checked = "$value" === "{$options['value']}";
 
@@ -1277,7 +1282,7 @@ class BaseHtml
     }
 
     /**
-     * Generates a checkbox tag for the given model attribute.
+     * Generates a checkbox tag together with a label for the given model attribute.
      * This method will generate the "checked" tag attribute according to the model attribute value.
      * @param Model $model the model object
      * @param string $attribute the attribute name or expression. See [[getAttributeName()]] for the format
@@ -1290,7 +1295,9 @@ class BaseHtml
      *   via the hidden input.
      * - label: string, a label displayed next to the checkbox.  It will NOT be HTML-encoded. Therefore you can pass
      *   in HTML code such as an image tag. If this is is coming from end users, you should [[encode()]] it to prevent XSS attacks.
-     *   When this option is specified, the checkbox will be enclosed by a label tag.
+     *   The checkbox will be enclosed by the label tag. Note that if you do not specify this option, a default label
+     *   will be used based on the attribute label declaration in the model. If you do not want any label, you should
+     *   explicitly set this option as null.
      * - labelOptions: array, the HTML attributes for the label tag. This is only used when the "label" option is specified.
      *
      * The rest of the options will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will
@@ -1310,6 +1317,9 @@ class BaseHtml
         if (!array_key_exists('uncheck', $options)) {
             $options['uncheck'] = '0';
         }
+        if (!array_key_exists('label', $options)) {
+            $options['label'] = static::encode($model->getAttributeLabel(static::getAttributeName($attribute)));
+        }
 
         $checked = "$value" === "{$options['value']}";
 
diff --git a/framework/widgets/ActiveField.php b/framework/widgets/ActiveField.php
index 5bc62818d0..d19d6374c5 100644
--- a/framework/widgets/ActiveField.php
+++ b/framework/widgets/ActiveField.php
@@ -436,13 +436,16 @@ class ActiveField extends Component
     public function radio($options = [], $enclosedByLabel = true)
     {
         if ($enclosedByLabel) {
-            if (!isset($options['label'])) {
-                $attribute = Html::getAttributeName($this->attribute);
-                $options['label'] = Html::encode($this->model->getAttributeLabel($attribute));
-            }
             $this->parts['{input}'] = Html::activeRadio($this->model, $this->attribute, $options);
             $this->parts['{label}'] = '';
         } else {
+            if (isset($options['label']) && !isset($this->parts['{label}'])) {
+                $this->parts['{label}'] = $options['label'];
+                if (!empty($options['labelOptions'])) {
+                    $this->labelOptions = $options['labelOptions'];
+                }
+            }
+            unset($options['label'], $options['labelOptions']);
             $this->parts['{input}'] = Html::activeRadio($this->model, $this->attribute, $options);
         }
         $this->adjustLabelFor($options);
@@ -474,13 +477,16 @@ class ActiveField extends Component
     public function checkbox($options = [], $enclosedByLabel = true)
     {
         if ($enclosedByLabel) {
-            if (!isset($options['label'])) {
-                $attribute = Html::getAttributeName($this->attribute);
-                $options['label'] = Html::encode($this->model->getAttributeLabel($attribute));
-            }
             $this->parts['{input}'] = Html::activeCheckbox($this->model, $this->attribute, $options);
             $this->parts['{label}'] = '';
         } else {
+            if (isset($options['label']) && !isset($this->parts['{label}'])) {
+                $this->parts['{label}'] = $options['label'];
+                if (!empty($options['labelOptions'])) {
+                    $this->labelOptions = $options['labelOptions'];
+                }
+            }
+            unset($options['label'], $options['labelOptions']);
             $this->parts['{input}'] = Html::activeCheckbox($this->model, $this->attribute, $options);
         }
         $this->adjustLabelFor($options);