diff --git a/src/serena/resources/project.template.yml b/src/serena/resources/project.template.yml
index 1f7ca87b..88f1b7ea 100644
--- a/src/serena/resources/project.template.yml
+++ b/src/serena/resources/project.template.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ default_modes:
 # (contrary to the memories, which are loaded on demand).
 initial_prompt: ""
 
-# override of the corresponding setting in serena_config.yml, see the documentation there.
-# If null or missing, the value from the global config is used.
+# time budget (seconds) per tool call for the retrieval of additional symbol information
+# such as docstrings or parameter information.
+# This overrides the corresponding setting in the global configuration; see the documentation there.
+# If null or missing, use the setting from the global configuration.
 symbol_info_budget:
diff --git a/src/serena/resources/serena_config.template.yml b/src/serena/resources/serena_config.template.yml
index 0631be11..9b369089 100644
--- a/src/serena/resources/serena_config.template.yml
+++ b/src/serena/resources/serena_config.template.yml
@@ -108,10 +108,11 @@ default_max_tool_answer_chars: 150000
 # estimate the token count using the Claude Sonnet 4 tokenizer.
 token_count_estimator: CHAR_COUNT
 
-# time budget (seconds) for requests when tools request symbol info (currently
-# only supported for LSP-based tools).
-# If the budget is exceeded, Serena stops issuing further symbol-info-related
-# requests and returns partial info results.
+# time budget (seconds) per tool call for the retrieval of additional symbol information
+# such as docstrings or parameter information.
+# (currently only used by LSP-based tools).
+# If the budget is exceeded, Serena stops issuing further retrieval requests
+# and returns partial info results.
 # 0 disables the budget (no early stopping). Negative values are invalid.
 # This is an advanced setting that can help alleviate problems with LSP servers
 # that have a slow implementation of request_hover (clangd is one of those)