diff --git a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-DISTRIBUTE.xml b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-DISTRIBUTE.xml
index e170e58dc2c..b96fcff2f80 100644
--- a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-DISTRIBUTE.xml
+++ b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-DISTRIBUTE.xml
@@ -104,16 +104,19 @@
           <row>
             <entry><emphasis>maxskew</emphasis></entry>
 
-            <entry>A floating point number in the range of zero (0.0) to one
-            (1.0) specifying the minimum skew to allow (0.1=10%).</entry>
+            <entry>A value between zero (0) and one (1.0 = 100%) indicating
+            the maximum percentage of skew to allow before the job fails (the
+            default skew is 1.0 / &lt;number of worker nodes on
+            cluster&gt;).</entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><emphasis>skewlimit</emphasis></entry>
 
-            <entry>Optional. A floating point number in the range of zero
-            (0.0) to one (1.0) specifying the maximum skew to allow
-            (0.1=10%).</entry>
+            <entry>Optional. A value between zero (0) and one (1.0 = 100%)
+            indicating the desired maximum percentage of skew to allow (the
+            default skew is 1.0 / &lt;number of worker nodes on
+            cluster&gt;).</entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
diff --git a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-JOIN.xml b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-JOIN.xml
index ddf008eae2b..b6a4a7de816 100644
--- a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-JOIN.xml
+++ b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-JOIN.xml
@@ -534,7 +534,8 @@
 
             <entry>A value between zero (0) and one (1.0 = 100%) indicating
             the maximum percentage of skew to allow before the job fails (the
-            default is 0.1 = 10%).</entry>
+            default skew is 1.0 / &lt;number of worker nodes on
+            cluster&gt;).</entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
@@ -542,7 +543,8 @@
 
             <entry>Optional. A value between zero (0) and one (1.0 = 100%)
             indicating the desired maximum percentage of skew to allow (the
-            default is 0.1 = 10%).</entry>
+            default skew is 1.0 / &lt;number of worker nodes on
+            cluster&gt;).</entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
diff --git a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-SORT.xml b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-SORT.xml
index 4a7dc994ab7..0b693b742b4 100644
--- a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-SORT.xml
+++ b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-SORT.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@
 
             <entry>A value between zero (0) and one (1.0 = 100%) indicating
             the maximum percentage of skew to allow before the job fails (the
-            default is 0.1 = 10%).</entry>
+            default skew is 1.0 / &lt;number of worker nodes on
+            cluster&gt;).</entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@
 
             <entry>Optional. A value between zero (0) and one (1.0 = 100%)
             indicating the desired maximum percentage of skew to allow (the
-            default is 0.1 = 10%).</entry>
+            default skew is 1.0 / &lt;number of worker nodes on
+            cluster&gt;).</entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>