diff --git a/scst/README b/scst/README
index 678d400a5..1e92ab91c 100644
--- a/scst/README
+++ b/scst/README
@@ -393,9 +393,10 @@ following entries:
    the SCST core simultaneously from all connected initiators to allow
    processing commands in soft-IRQ context in tasklets. If the count of
    the commands exceeds this value, then all of them will be processed
-   only in threads. This is to to prevent possible starvation under
-   heavy load and in some cases to improve performance by more evenly
-   spreading load over available CPUs.
+   only in SCST threads. This is to to prevent possible under heavy load
+   starvation of processes on the CPUs serving soft IRQs and in some
+   cases to improve performance by more evenly spreading load over
+   available CPUs.
 
  - sgv - this is a root subdirectory for all SCST SGV caches
 
diff --git a/scst/README_in-tree b/scst/README_in-tree
index c80330695..ae5c657a3 100644
--- a/scst/README_in-tree
+++ b/scst/README_in-tree
@@ -261,9 +261,10 @@ following entries:
    the SCST core simultaneously from all connected initiators to allow
    processing commands in soft-IRQ context in tasklets. If the count of
    the commands exceeds this value, then all of them will be processed
-   only in threads. This is to to prevent possible starvation under
-   heavy load and in some cases to improve performance by more evenly
-   spreading load over available CPUs.
+   only in SCST threads. This is to to prevent possible under heavy load
+   starvation of processes on the CPUs serving soft IRQs and in some
+   cases to improve performance by more evenly spreading load over
+   available CPUs.
 
  - sgv - this is a root subdirectory for all SCST SGV caches