diff --git a/doc/rg.1 b/doc/rg.1
index 1f29c8f0..5c21b0d9 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1
+++ b/doc/rg.1
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ single thread.
 .TP
 .B \-j, \-\-threads \f[I]ARG\f[]
 The number of threads to use.
-0 means use the number of logical CPUs (capped at 6).
+0 means use the number of logical CPUs (capped at 12).
 [default: 0]
 .RS
 .RE
diff --git a/doc/rg.1.md b/doc/rg.1.md
index b920c0ef..3ac61851 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1.md
+++ b/doc/rg.1.md
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Project home page: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
 
 -j, --threads *ARG*
 : The number of threads to use. 0 means use the number of logical CPUs
-  (capped at 6). [default: 0]
+  (capped at 12). [default: 0]
 
 --version
 : Show the version number of ripgrep and exit.