diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f170f777..b5a4db4d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ Options:
           Each warning is specified by its name, which is one of:
           
           * `self-wakes` -- Warns when a task wakes itself more than a
-          certain percentage of its total wakeups.
+          certain percentage of its total wakeups. Default percentage is
+          50%.
           
           * `lost-waker` -- Warns when a task is dropped without being
           woken.
diff --git a/tokio-console/src/config.rs b/tokio-console/src/config.rs
index 1eb176cdb..2cc40d4eb 100644
--- a/tokio-console/src/config.rs
+++ b/tokio-console/src/config.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Each warning is specified by its name, which is one of:
     ///
     /// * `self-wakes` -- Warns when a task wakes itself more than a certain percentage of its total wakeups.
+    ///                   Default percentage is 50%.
     ///
     /// * `lost-waker` -- Warns when a task is dropped without being woken.
     ///
diff --git a/tokio-console/tests/cli-ui.stdout b/tokio-console/tests/cli-ui.stdout
index cc8da63cf..519a82dbd 100644
--- a/tokio-console/tests/cli-ui.stdout
+++ b/tokio-console/tests/cli-ui.stdout
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Options:
           Each warning is specified by its name, which is one of:
           
           * `self-wakes` -- Warns when a task wakes itself more than a
-          certain percentage of its total wakeups.
+          certain percentage of its total wakeups. Default percentage is
+          50%.
           
           * `lost-waker` -- Warns when a task is dropped without being
           woken.