diff --git a/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp b/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
index ee0cf4d99..71d7e55ce 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
@@ -982,10 +982,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			// number of downloading torrents and seeding torrents respectively.
 			// Setting the value to -1 means unlimited.
 			//
-			// ``active_checking`` is the limit of number of checking torrents.
-			// Note that this limit applies to started non-auto-managed torrents as
-			// well (as long as they are the the checking_files state).
-			// 
 			// For example if there are 10 seeding torrents and 10 downloading
 			// torrents, and ``active_downloads`` is 4 and ``active_seeds`` is 4,
 			// there will be 4 seeds active and 4 downloading torrents. If the
@@ -994,9 +990,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			// active. Torrents that are not auto managed are not counted against
 			// these limits.
 			// 
+			// ``active_checking`` is the limit of number of simultaneous checking
+			// torrents.
+			// 
 			// ``active_limit`` is a hard limit on the number of active (auto
-			// managed) torrents. This limit also applies to slow torrents. It does
-			// not apply to checking torrents.
+			// managed) torrents. This limit also applies to slow torrents.
 			// 
 			// ``active_dht_limit`` is the max number of torrents to announce to
 			// the DHT. By default this is set to 88, which is no more than one