diff --git a/dist/api_data.py b/dist/api_data.py
index 42cb610c5..831435168 100755
--- a/dist/api_data.py
+++ b/dist/api_data.py
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ connection_runtime_config = [
             Config('threads_max', '8', r'''
                 maximum number of threads WiredTiger will start to help evict pages from cache. The
                 number of threads started will vary depending on the current eviction load. Each
-                eviction worker thread uses a session from the configured session_max''',
+                eviction worker thread uses a session from the configured WT_LSM_MAX_WORKERS''',
                 min=1, max=20),
             Config('threads_min', '1', r'''
                 minimum number of threads WiredTiger will start to help evict pages from
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ connection_runtime_config = [
         type='category', subconfig=[
         Config('worker_thread_max', '4', r'''
             Configure a set of threads to manage merging LSM trees in the database. Each worker
-            thread uses a session handle from the configured session_max''',
+            thread uses a session handle from the configured WT_LSM_MAX_WORKERS''',
             min='3',     # !!! Must match WT_LSM_MIN_WORKERS
             max='20'),     # !!! Must match WT_LSM_MAX_WORKERS
         Config('merge', 'true', r'''