diff --git a/doc/man/knot.conf.5in b/doc/man/knot.conf.5in
index d93370a6e16bcee1bc343744f49373a2fdbe546d..a4cf86016976134df1a22a395e0d31e741877f19 100644
--- a/doc/man/knot.conf.5in
+++ b/doc/man/knot.conf.5in
@@ -196,12 +196,14 @@ A PID file location.
 \fIDefault:\fP \fI\%rundir\fP/knot.pid
 .SS udp\-workers
 .sp
-A number of quering UDP workers (threads).
+A number of UDP workers (threads) used to process incoming queries
+over UDP.
 .sp
 \fIDefault:\fP auto\-estimated optimal value based on the number of online CPUs
 .SS tcp\-workers
 .sp
-A number of quering TCP workers (threads).
+A number of TCP workers (threads) used to process incoming queries
+over TCP.
 .sp
 \fIDefault:\fP auto\-estimated optimal value based on the number of online CPUs
 .SS background\-workers
diff --git a/doc/reference.rst b/doc/reference.rst
index a0af4e6a1f415ae4b92c16c2edac34e2c0274132..976270b116dd7a17007dadd2b3d8ace43aa01b7e 100644
--- a/doc/reference.rst
+++ b/doc/reference.rst
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ A PID file location.
 udp-workers
 -----------
 
-A number of quering UDP workers (threads).
+A number of UDP workers (threads) used to process incoming queries
+over UDP.
 
 *Default:* auto-estimated optimal value based on the number of online CPUs
 
@@ -182,7 +183,8 @@ A number of quering UDP workers (threads).
 tcp-workers
 -----------
 
-A number of quering TCP workers (threads).
+A number of TCP workers (threads) used to process incoming queries
+over TCP.
 
 *Default:* auto-estimated optimal value based on the number of online CPUs