diff --git a/docs/source/man/config.rst b/docs/source/man/config.rst
index 4a98634a6..7411aded9 100644
--- a/docs/source/man/config.rst
+++ b/docs/source/man/config.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Configuration files
 All the configuration files are store in ``/etc/ajenti`` :
 
   * **config.yml**: the main configuration file with all important parameters,
-  * **smtp.yml**: credentials to an email server relay, if you want to use some mail notifications or reset password functionality,
+  * **smtp.yml**: credentials for an email server relay, used for reset password functionality,
   * **users.yml**: the default file which contains user account for the user authentication provider.
 
 All configuration files use the `yaml format <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML>`_
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Explanations:
 smtp.yml in details
 ===================
 
-This file contains all the credentials of an email server which can be used as email relay to send some notifications, like an email to reset a forgotten password.
+This file contains all the credentials of an email server which can be used as email relay to send an email to reset a forgotten password. A mail backend is prepared in ajenti-core, and this could be possibly be used in the future to send some other notifications, but it's currently only used in order to reset a password.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
diff --git a/docs/source/plugins/users.rst b/docs/source/plugins/users.rst
index 42e9ea7bf..aa35d4589 100644
--- a/docs/source/plugins/users.rst
+++ b/docs/source/plugins/users.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The property modal window displays some utilities per account:
 
  * system account: all user accounts must be bound to a system account in order to set the privileges. An user bound to ``root`` wil have all privileges, but an user bound to a system user account like ``arnaud`` will only have the privileges of the system user ``arnaud``.
  * password change: only a hash is stored, not the password itself,
- * set the email: for notifications or password reset function,
+ * set the email: for password reset,
  * select the sidebar entries and permissions of the user.
 
 Don't forget to SAVE the changes when updating an user.
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