diff --git a/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst b/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
index ed02747d6b7..5e65ae3cb22 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
@@ -3510,8 +3510,8 @@
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 :Description:
-    Optional file containing workflow schedulers configuration,
-    similar to job handler configuration
+    Optional configuration file similar to `job_config_file` to
+    specify which Galaxy processes should schedule workflows.
 :Default: ``config/workflow_schedulers_conf.xml``
 :Type: str
 
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
index 90b3450d935..ff4d675020c 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
@@ -1701,8 +1701,8 @@ galaxy:
   # tags to do the mapping).
   #workflow_resource_params_mapper: config/workflow_resource_mapper_conf.yml
 
-  # Optional file containing workflow schedulers configuration, similar
-  # to job handler configuration
+  # Optional configuration file similar to `job_config_file` to specify
+  # which Galaxy processes should schedule workflows.
   #workflow_schedulers_config_file: config/workflow_schedulers_conf.xml
 
   # If using job concurrency limits (configured in job_config_file),
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
index 3140514ba67..ec84757e160 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
@@ -2617,8 +2617,8 @@ mapping:
         default: config/workflow_schedulers_conf.xml
         required: false
         desc: |
-          Optional file containing workflow schedulers configuration, similar
-          to job handler configuration
+          Optional configuration file similar to `job_config_file` to specify
+          which Galaxy processes should schedule workflows.
 
       cache_user_job_count:
         type: bool