diff --git a/desc/integrals/bounce_integral.py b/desc/integrals/bounce_integral.py
index 831715925..93bea0651 100644
--- a/desc/integrals/bounce_integral.py
+++ b/desc/integrals/bounce_integral.py
@@ -223,8 +223,9 @@ def points(self, pitch, num_well=None):
         num_well : int or None
             Specify to return the first ``num_well`` pairs of bounce points for each
             pitch along each field line. This is useful if ``num_well`` tightly
-            bounds the actual number. As a reference, there are typically at most 5
-            wells per toroidal transit for a given pitch.
+            bounds the actual number. As a reference, there are typically 20 wells
+            per toroidal transit for a given pitch. You can check this by plotting
+            the field lines with the ``check_points`` method.
 
             If not specified, then all bounce points are returned. If there were fewer
             wells detected along a field line than the size of the last axis of the
@@ -327,8 +328,9 @@ def integrate(
         num_well : int or None
             Specify to return the first ``num_well`` pairs of bounce points for each
             pitch along each field line. This is useful if ``num_well`` tightly
-            bounds the actual number. As a reference, there are typically at most 5
-            wells per toroidal transit for a given pitch.
+            bounds the actual number. As a reference, there are typically 20 wells
+            per toroidal transit for a given pitch. You can check this by plotting
+            the field lines with the ``check_points`` method.
 
             If not specified, then all bounce points are returned. If there were fewer
             wells detected along a field line than the size of the last axis of the
diff --git a/desc/integrals/bounce_utils.py b/desc/integrals/bounce_utils.py
index babf1c3f5..4ae5357a7 100644
--- a/desc/integrals/bounce_utils.py
+++ b/desc/integrals/bounce_utils.py
@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ def bounce_points(
     num_well : int or None
         Specify to return the first ``num_well`` pairs of bounce points for each
         pitch along each field line. This is useful if ``num_well`` tightly
-        bounds the actual number. As a reference, there are typically at most 5
-        wells per toroidal transit for a given pitch.
+        bounds the actual number. As a reference, there are typically 20 wells
+        per toroidal transit for a given pitch. You can check this by plotting
+        the field lines with the ``_check_bounce_points`` method.
 
         If not specified, then all bounce points are returned. If there were fewer
         wells detected along a field line than the size of the last axis of the