diff --git a/docs/Complete_list_of_command_line_parameters.htm b/docs/Complete_list_of_command_line_parameters.htm
index b2fb5201..7f49e24c 100644
--- a/docs/Complete_list_of_command_line_parameters.htm
+++ b/docs/Complete_list_of_command_line_parameters.htm
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ td.formatted_questions ol { margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; }
 		<li><strong><code>-bouncegrid</code>:</strong> Also compute radiosity on the light grid</li>
 		<li><strong><code>-bounceonly</code>:</strong> Only compute radiosity</li>
 		<li><strong><code>-bouncescale</code> F:</strong> Scaling factor for radiosity</li>
-		<li><strong><code>-bounce</code> N:</strong> Number of bounces for radiosity</li>
+		<li><strong><code>-bounce</code> N:</strong> Maximal number of bounces for radiosity</li>
 		<li><strong><code>-brightness</code> F:</strong> Scaling factor for resulting lightmaps brightness</li>
 		<li><strong><code>-cheapgrid</code>:</strong> Use <code>-cheap</code> style lighting for radiosity</li>
 		<li><strong><code>-cheap</code>:</strong> Abort vertex light calculations when white is reached</li>
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/help.cpp b/tools/quake3/q3map2/help.cpp
index d017fb0d..89ebd9e3 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/help.cpp
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/help.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void HelpLight()
 		{"-bouncegrid", "Also compute radiosity on the light grid"},
 		{"-bounceonly", "Only compute radiosity"},
 		{"-bouncescale <F>", "Scaling factor for radiosity"},
-		{"-bounce <N>", "Number of bounces for radiosity"},
+		{"-bounce <N>", "Maximal number of bounces for radiosity"},
 		{"-brightness <F>", "Scaling factor for resulting lightmaps brightness"},
 		{"-cheapgrid", "Use `-cheap` style lighting for radiosity"},
 		{"-cheap", "Abort vertex light calculations when white is reached"},