diff --git a/docs/source/config.rst b/docs/source/config.rst
index 729e37fc..4f1483a3 100644
--- a/docs/source/config.rst
+++ b/docs/source/config.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ configuration.
    able to parse restarts files for a datetime.
 
 ``restart_history``
-    Specifies the number of latest restart files to save
+    Specifies how many of the most recent restart files to retain regardless of `restart_freq`
 
 *The following model-based tags are typically not configured*