diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/TransactionProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/TransactionProperties.java
index 5ed069c..0de2c3d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/TransactionProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/TransactionProperties.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         TXN_JOB_RECOVERY_MEMORYSIZE(
                 LONG_BYTE_UNIT,
                 StorageUtil.getLongSizeInBytes(64L, MEGABYTE),
-                "The memory budget (in bytes) used for recovery");
+                "The memory budget for each job (in bytes) used for recovery");
 
         private final IOptionType type;
         private final Object defaultValue;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
index 8d1a8cd..c996e23 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
 | common  | storage.max.active.writable.datasets      | The maximum number of datasets that can be concurrently modified | 8 |
 | common  | txn.commitprofiler.enabled                | Enable output of commit profiler logs | false |
 | common  | txn.commitprofiler.reportinterval         | Interval (in seconds) to report commit profiler logs | 5 |
-| common  | txn.job.recovery.memorysize               | The memory budget (in bytes) used for recovery | 67108864 (64 MB) |
+| common  | txn.job.recovery.memorysize               | The memory budget for each job job (in bytes) used for recovery | 67108864 (64 MB) |
 | common  | txn.lock.escalationthreshold              | The maximum number of entity locks to obtain before upgrading to a dataset lock | 1000 |
 | common  | txn.lock.shrinktimer                      | The time (in milliseconds) where under utilization of resources will trigger a shrink phase | 5000 |
 | common  | txn.lock.timeout.sweepthreshold           | Interval (in milliseconds) for checking lock timeout | 10000 |