diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 3531ffaa175..8dc7641dde8 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -460,14 +460,10 @@
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>MaxConnections=</varname></term>
-        <listitem><para>The maximum number of connections to
-        simultaneously run services instances for, when
-        <option>Accept=yes</option> is set. If more concurrent
-        connections are coming in, they will be refused until at least
-        one existing connection is terminated. This setting has no
-        effect on sockets configured with
-        <option>Accept=no</option> or datagram sockets. Defaults to
-        64.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>The maximum number of connections to simultaneously run services instances for, when
+        <option>Accept=yes</option> is set. If more concurrent connections are coming in, they will be refused
+        until at least one existing connection is terminated. This setting has no effect on sockets configured
+        with <option>Accept=no</option> or datagram sockets. Defaults to 64.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
@@ -475,7 +471,7 @@
         <listitem><para>The maximum number of connections for a service per source IP address (in case of
         IPv4/IPv6), per source CID (in case of <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant>), or source UID (in case of
         <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>). This is very similar to the <varname>MaxConnections=</varname>
-        directive above. Disabled by default.</para>
+        directive above. Defaults to 0, i.e. disabled.</para>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v232"/>
         </listitem>