diff --git a/docs/checks-examples.md b/docs/checks-examples.md
index de12c6eac..5f41d1a5a 100644
--- a/docs/checks-examples.md
+++ b/docs/checks-examples.md
@@ -72,30 +72,22 @@ https://static.example.com/logo.png
 
 ### Checks Settings
 
-The default behavior is to wait for 5 seconds before running the first check, and timeout each check to 30 seconds.
+The default behavior is to wait for `5` seconds before running the checks, to timeout the checks after `30` seconds, and to attempt the checks `5` times. If the checks fail `5` times, the deployment is considered failed and the old container will continue serving traffic.
 
-By default, checks will be attempted 5 times.  (Retried 4 times)
-
-You can change these by setting `WAIT`, `TIMEOUT` and `ATTEMPTS` to different values, for
-example:
+You can change the default behavior by setting `WAIT`, `TIMEOUT`, and `ATTEMPTS` to different values in the `CHECKS` file. For example:
 
 ```
 WAIT=30     # Wait 1/2 minute
 TIMEOUT=60  # Timeout after a minute
-ATTEMPTS=10  # attempt checks 10 times
+ATTEMPTS=10 # Attempt checks 10 times
 
 /                       My Amazing App
 ```
 
-Dokku will wait `5` seconds before running the checks to give the server time to start. This value can be overridden on a per-app basis in the `CHECKS` file by setting `WAIT=nn`. You may also override this for the global dokku installation:
+You may also override the default `WAIT` and `ATTEMPTS` variables for the global dokku installation:
 
 ```shell
 dokku config:set --global DOKKU_CHECKS_WAIT=15
-```
-
-Dokku will retry the checks `5` times until the checks are successful. If all 5 checks fail, the deployment is considered failed. This can be overridden in the `CHECKS` file by setting `ATTEMPTS=nn`. This number is also configurable globally:
-
-```shell
 dokku config:set --global DOKKU_CHECKS_ATTEMPTS=2
 ```