diff --git a/docs/user-manual/en/configuration-index.md b/docs/user-manual/en/configuration-index.md
index b083eec637..5991446d77 100644
--- a/docs/user-manual/en/configuration-index.md
+++ b/docs/user-manual/en/configuration-index.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Name | Description
 [jmx-management-enabled](management.md "30.2.1. Configuring JMX")                   |  true means that the management API is available via JMX. Default=true
 [journal-buffer-size](persistence.md)                                               |  The size of the internal buffer on the journal in KB. Default=490 KiB
 [journal-buffer-timeout](persistence.md)                                            |  The Flush timeout for the journal buffer
-[journal-compact-min-files](persistence.md)                                         |  The minimal number of data files before we can start compacting. Default=10
+[journal-compact-min-files](persistence.md)                                         |  The minimal number of data files before we can start compacting. Setting this to 0 means compacting is disabled. Default=10
 [journal-compact-percentage](persistence.md)                                        |  The percentage of live data on which we consider compacting the journal. Default=30
 [journal-directory](persistence.md)                                                 |  the directory to store the journal files in. Default=data/journal
 [journal-file-size](persistence.md)                                                 |  the size (in bytes) of each journal file. Default=10485760 (10 MB)
diff --git a/docs/user-manual/en/persistence.md b/docs/user-manual/en/persistence.md
index dff1bb0db6..bf6bf011e4 100644
--- a/docs/user-manual/en/persistence.md
+++ b/docs/user-manual/en/persistence.md
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ The message journal is configured using the following attributes in
     journal. The compacting algorithm won't start until you have at
     least `journal-compact-min-files`
 
+    Setting this to 0 will disable the feature to compact completely. 
+    This could be dangerous though as the journal could grow indefinitely.
+    Use it wisely!
+
+
     The default for this parameter is `10`
 
 -   `journal-compact-percentage`