diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 39c4727d1d9aca7eb8a1c788a32cb41cfef1bc80..bb8a363c1188e3121cc1106246b4ecf1d7ae71f5 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ The \fBscope\fP defaults to \fBsub\fP, the \fBfilter\fP defaults to
 \fBattrs\fP list defaults to \fB"*,+"\fP to return all user and operational
 attributes, and \fBattrsonly\fP is unset by default.
 The \fBsizelimit\fP and \fBtimelimit\fP only
-accept integers and both default to 0 (meaning unlimited).
+accept "unlimited" and positive integers, and both default to "unlimited".
 The LDAP Content Synchronization protocol has two operation types.
 In the
 .B refreshOnly