diff --git a/modules/manage/pages/manage-settings/general-settings.adoc b/modules/manage/pages/manage-settings/general-settings.adoc
index cd5b2601f4..2dae274865 100644
--- a/modules/manage/pages/manage-settings/general-settings.adoc
+++ b/modules/manage/pages/manage-settings/general-settings.adoc
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Default::
 Couchbase Server sets the number of threads to a balanced value suitable for most workloads.
 
 Disk i/o optimized::
-Couchbase Server sets the number of threads equal to the number of CPU cores on the node.
+Couchbase Server sets the number of threads to twice the number of CPU cores on the node.
 For buckets using the Magma storage engine, consider using this setting for the following conditions:
 +
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