diff --git a/docs/configuration/dtable-api-gateway-conf.md b/docs/configuration/dtable-api-gateway-conf.md
index 63d92b550..fc763e435 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/dtable-api-gateway-conf.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/dtable-api-gateway-conf.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This section contains general settings about api-gateway service.
 | `port`                      | The port api-gateway listens on.                                                                                                                       | 7780      |
 | `log_dir`                   | Location for the api-gateway logs in the container.                                                                                                    |           |
 | `log_level`                 | Only log messages with level priority higher than this will be logged. Supported levels are "debug", "info", "warn", "error", with ascending priority. | info      |
-| `base_api_limit_per_minute` | Limits the number of API calls per base per minute. If the option is set to a negative number, like -1, it means there is no limit.                    | 500       |
+| `base_api_limit_per_minute` | Limits the number of API calls per base per minute.                                                                                                    | 500       |
 | `max_base_cache_size`       | Maximum base cache size in MB.                                                                                                                         | 1024      |
 
 ### `[cluster]`