diff --git a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
index cf9b25e49..4d64b100c 100644
--- a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
+++ b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ var (
 	keepDanglingQueues = flag.Bool("remoteWrite.keepDanglingQueues", false, "Keep persistent queues contents at -remoteWrite.tmpDataPath in case there are no matching -remoteWrite.url. "+
 		"Useful when -remoteWrite.url is changed temporarily and persistent queue files will be needed later on.")
 	queues = flag.Int("remoteWrite.queues", cgroup.AvailableCPUs()*2, "The number of concurrent queues to each -remoteWrite.url. Set more queues if default number of queues "+
-		"isn't enough for sending high volume of collected data to remote storage. Default value is 2 * numberOfAvailableCPUs")
+		"isn't enough for sending high volume of collected data to remote storage. "+
+		"Default value depends on the number of available CPU cores. It should work fine in most cases since it minimizes resource usage")
 	showRemoteWriteURL = flag.Bool("remoteWrite.showURL", false, "Whether to show -remoteWrite.url in the exported metrics. "+
 		"It is hidden by default, since it can contain sensitive info such as auth key")
 	maxPendingBytesPerURL = flagutil.NewArrayBytes("remoteWrite.maxDiskUsagePerURL", 0, "The maximum file-based buffer size in bytes at -remoteWrite.tmpDataPath "+
diff --git a/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter/concurrencylimiter.go b/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter/concurrencylimiter.go
index c955dda54..53ce0e4fb 100644
--- a/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter/concurrencylimiter.go
+++ b/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter/concurrencylimiter.go
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	maxConcurrentInserts = flag.Int("maxConcurrentInserts", 2*cgroup.AvailableCPUs(), "The maximum number of concurrent insert requests. "+
-		"Default value depends on the number of CPU cores and should work for most cases since it minimizes the memory usage. The default value can be increased when clients send data over slow networks. "+
+		"Set higher value when clients send data over slow networks. "+
+		"Default value depends on the number of available CPU cores. It should work fine in most cases since it minimizes resource usage. "+
 		"See also -insert.maxQueueDuration")
 	maxQueueDuration = flag.Duration("insert.maxQueueDuration", time.Minute, "The maximum duration to wait in the queue when -maxConcurrentInserts "+
 		"concurrent insert requests are executed")