diff --git a/R/FSelectorRFE.R b/R/FSelectorRFE.R
index c61d8869..a496ac4a 100644
--- a/R/FSelectorRFE.R
+++ b/R/FSelectorRFE.R
@@ -39,15 +39,14 @@
 #' @section Control Parameters:
 #' \describe{
 #' \item{`n_features`}{`integer(1)`\cr
-#'   The number of features to select.
-#'   By default half of the features are selected.}
+#'   The minimum number of features to select, by default half of the features.}
 #' \item{`feature_fraction`}{`double(1)`\cr
 #'   Fraction of features to retain in each iteration.
-#'   The default 0.5 retrains half of the features.}
+#'   The default of 0.5 retains half of the features.}
 #' \item{`feature_number`}{`integer(1)`\cr
 #'   Number of features to remove in each iteration.}
 #' \item{`subset_sizes`}{`integer()`\cr
-#'   Vector of number of features to retain in each iteration.
+#'   Vector of the number of features to retain in each iteration.
 #'   Must be sorted in decreasing order.}
 #' \item{`recursive`}{`logical(1)`\cr
 #'   If `TRUE` (default), the feature importance is calculated in each iteration.}
diff --git a/man/mlr_fselectors_rfe.Rd b/man/mlr_fselectors_rfe.Rd
index d4fd89fa..610c8e5a 100644
--- a/man/mlr_fselectors_rfe.Rd
+++ b/man/mlr_fselectors_rfe.Rd
@@ -59,15 +59,14 @@ This \link{FSelector} can be instantiated with the associated sugar function \co
 
 \describe{
 \item{\code{n_features}}{\code{integer(1)}\cr
-The number of features to select.
-By default half of the features are selected.}
+The minimum number of features to select, by default half of the features.}
 \item{\code{feature_fraction}}{\code{double(1)}\cr
 Fraction of features to retain in each iteration.
-The default 0.5 retrains half of the features.}
+The default of 0.5 retains half of the features.}
 \item{\code{feature_number}}{\code{integer(1)}\cr
 Number of features to remove in each iteration.}
 \item{\code{subset_sizes}}{\code{integer()}\cr
-Vector of number of features to retain in each iteration.
+Vector of the number of features to retain in each iteration.
 Must be sorted in decreasing order.}
 \item{\code{recursive}}{\code{logical(1)}\cr
 If \code{TRUE} (default), the feature importance is calculated in each iteration.}