diff --git a/doc/Users guide Apache.txt b/doc/Users guide Apache.txt
index 179f7c9599..69042c2ec2 100644
--- a/doc/Users guide Apache.txt	
+++ b/doc/Users guide Apache.txt	
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ There are two ways to restart the application:
 1. By restarting Apache.
 2. By creating or modifying the file 'tmp/restart.txt' in the Rails
    application's <<application_root,root folder>>. Phusion Passenger will
-   automatically restart the application.
+   automatically restart the application during the next request.
 
 For example, to restart our example MyCook application, we type this in the
 command line:
@@ -425,6 +425,11 @@ command line:
 touch /webapps/mycook/tmp/restart.txt
 -------------------------------------------
 
+Please note that, unlike earlier versions of Phusion Passenger, 'restart.txt'
+is not automatically deleted. Phusion Passenger checks whether the timestamp
+of this file has changed in order to determine whether the application should
+be restarted.
+
 === Migrations ===
 
 Phusion Passenger is not related to Ruby on Rails migrations in any way. To
diff --git a/doc/Users guide Nginx.txt b/doc/Users guide Nginx.txt
index 61596ac4fe..c2626028c3 100644
--- a/doc/Users guide Nginx.txt	
+++ b/doc/Users guide Nginx.txt	
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ There are two ways to restart the application:
 1. By restarting Nginx.
 2. By creating or modifying the file 'tmp/restart.txt' in the Rails
    application's <<application_root,root folder>>. Phusion Passenger will
-   automatically restart the application.
+   automatically restart the application during the next request.
 
 For example, to restart our example MyCook application, we type this in the
 command line:
@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ command line:
 touch /webapps/mycook/tmp/restart.txt
 -------------------------------------------
 
+Please note that, unlike earlier versions of Phusion Passenger, 'restart.txt'
+is not automatically deleted. Phusion Passenger checks whether the timestamp
+of this file has changed in order to determine whether the application should
+be restarted.
+
 === Migrations ===
 
 Phusion Passenger is not related to Ruby on Rails migrations in any way. To