diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index 74619a9c03..02002cf109 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ the largest projects.  You probably do not need to adjust this value.
 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
 
 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
-	Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
+	Maximum number of bytes per thread to reserve for caching base objects
 	that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects.  By storing the
 	entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
 	to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base