diff --git a/system/Cache/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php b/system/Cache/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
index 6d0c8aec4d97..3633dc8e40da 100644
--- a/system/Cache/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
+++ b/system/Cache/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
@@ -180,9 +180,11 @@ public function decrement(string $key, int $offset = 1): false|int
 
         $key = static::validateKey($key, $this->prefix);
 
-        // FIXME: third parameter isn't other handler actions.
-
-        return $this->memcached->decrement($key, $offset, $offset, 60);
+        // Memcached counters are unsigned and saturate at 0, so a missing
+        // key can only ever be initialized to 0, never a negative value.
+        // Use Memcached::decrement()'s own default of 0 as the initial
+        // value instead of $offset, so a new key no longer starts positive.
+        return $this->memcached->decrement($key, $offset, 0, 60);
     }
 
     public function clean(): bool
diff --git a/tests/system/Cache/Handlers/MemcachedHandlerTest.php b/tests/system/Cache/Handlers/MemcachedHandlerTest.php
index 78412616e5bf..e81c8c9056fe 100644
--- a/tests/system/Cache/Handlers/MemcachedHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Cache/Handlers/MemcachedHandlerTest.php
@@ -151,7 +151,12 @@ public function testDecrement(): void
 
         $this->assertSame(9, $memcachedHandler->decrement(self::$key1, 1));
         $this->assertFalse($memcachedHandler->decrement(self::$key2, 1));
-        $this->assertSame(1, $memcachedHandler->decrement(self::$key3, 1));
+        // A key that doesn't exist yet starts at 0, not at the offset
+        // (Memcached counters are unsigned, so it can't start negative).
+        $this->assertSame(0, $memcachedHandler->decrement(self::$key3, 5));
+        // Memcached stores counter values as decimal strings on the wire, so
+        // a plain get() on a counter key returns a string, not an int.
+        $this->assertSame('0', $memcachedHandler->get(self::$key3));
     }
 
     public function testClean(): void
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
index 47d447dfbbc3..f1d58e64be99 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Bugs Fixed
 - **Helpers:** Fixed a bug where ``get_dir_file_info()`` returned incomplete entries for subdirectories and missing files instead of omitting them.
 - **Honeypot:** Fixed a bug where bot detection returned an HTTP 500 response instead of 403 (Forbidden).
 - **Logger:** Fixed a bug where interpolating a log message with array or non-stringable context values could raise PHP warnings or errors.
+- **Cache:** Fixed ``MemcachedHandler::decrement()`` initializing a non-existent counter to the positive offset. Missing counters are now initialized to ``0``, reflecting Memcached's unsigned, saturating counter semantics.
 
 See the repo's
 `CHANGELOG.md <https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md>`_
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/caching.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/caching.rst
index b208d63499df..76a696f570ee 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/caching.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/caching.rst
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ Class Reference
 
         .. literalinclude:: caching/008.php
 
+        .. important:: Memcached counters are unsigned and saturate at ``0`` instead of
+            going negative. Decrementing a key that does not yet exist initializes it
+            to ``0`` (rather than ``-$offset``, as the File, Redis, and Predis handlers
+            do), and decrementing an existing counter below ``0`` clamps it at ``0``.
+
     .. php:method:: clean()
 
         :returns: ``true`` on success, ``false`` on failure