diff --git a/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md b/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md
index b33e770d7..399ce4e24 100644
--- a/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md
+++ b/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ definition](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/types/genesis.g
 
 #### Sample genesis.json
 
-```
+```json
 {
-  "genesis_time": "2018-11-13T18:11:50.277637Z",
-  "chain_id": "test-chain-s4ui7D",
+  "genesis_time": "2020-04-21T11:17:42.341227868Z",
+  "chain_id": "test-chain-ROp9KF",
   "consensus_params": {
     "block": {
       "max_bytes": "22020096",
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ definition](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/types/genesis.g
       "time_iota_ms": "1000"
     },
     "evidence": {
-      "max_age_num_blocks": "100000"
-      "max_age_duration": "10000"
+      "max_age_num_blocks": "100000",
+      "max_age_duration": "172800000000000"
     },
     "validator": {
       "pub_key_types": [
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ definition](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/types/genesis.g
   },
   "validators": [
     {
-      "address": "39C04A480B54AB258A45355A5E48ADDED9956C65",
+      "address": "B547AB87E79F75A4A3198C57A8C2FDAF8628CB47",
       "pub_key": {
         "type": "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519",
-        "value": "DMEMMj1+thrkUCGocbvvKzXeaAtRslvX9MWtB+smuIA="
+        "value": "P/V6GHuZrb8rs/k1oBorxc6vyXMlnzhJmv7LmjELDys="
       },
       "power": "10",
       "name": ""
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ When `tendermint init` is run, both a `genesis.json` and
 `priv_validator_key.json` are created in `~/.tendermint/config`. The
 `genesis.json` might look like:
 
-```
+```json
 {
   "validators" : [
     {
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ When `tendermint init` is run, both a `genesis.json` and
 
 And the `priv_validator_key.json`:
 
-```
+```json
 {
   "last_step" : 0,
   "last_round" : "0",
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ tendermint gen_validator
 Now we can update our genesis file. For instance, if the new
 `priv_validator_key.json` looks like:
 
-```
+```json
 {
   "address" : "5AF49D2A2D4F5AD4C7C8C4CC2FB020131E9C4902",
   "pub_key" : {
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ Now we can update our genesis file. For instance, if the new
 
 then the new `genesis.json` will be:
 
-```
+```json
 {
   "validators" : [
     {
diff --git a/types/params.go b/types/params.go
index 538bbbd6d..d84441b84 100644
--- a/types/params.go
+++ b/types/params.go
@@ -30,14 +30,13 @@ type ConsensusParams struct {
 }
 
 // HashedParams is a subset of ConsensusParams.
-// It is amino encoded and hashed into
-// the Header.ConsensusHash.
+// It is amino encoded and hashed into the Header.ConsensusHash.
 type HashedParams struct {
 	BlockMaxBytes int64
 	BlockMaxGas   int64
 }
 
-// BlockParams define limits on the block size and gas plus minimum time
+// BlockParams defines limits on the block size and gas plus minimum time
 // between blocks.
 type BlockParams struct {
 	MaxBytes int64 `json:"max_bytes"`
@@ -47,10 +46,27 @@ type BlockParams struct {
 	TimeIotaMs int64 `json:"time_iota_ms"`
 }
 
-// EvidenceParams determine how we handle evidence of malfeasance.
+// EvidenceParams determines how we handle evidence of malfeasance.
+//
+// Evidence older than MaxAgeNumBlocks && MaxAgeDuration is considered
+// stale and ignored.
+//
+// In Cosmos-SDK based blockchains, MaxAgeDuration is usually equal to the
+// unbonding period. MaxAgeNumBlocks is calculated by dividing the unboding
+// period by the average block time (e.g. 2 weeks / 6s per block = 2d8h).
 type EvidenceParams struct {
-	MaxAgeNumBlocks int64         `json:"max_age_num_blocks"` // only accept new evidence more recent than this
-	MaxAgeDuration  time.Duration `json:"max_age_duration"`
+	// Max age of evidence, in blocks.
+	//
+	// The basic formula for calculating this is: MaxAgeDuration / {average block
+	// time}.
+	MaxAgeNumBlocks int64 `json:"max_age_num_blocks"`
+
+	// Max age of evidence, in time.
+	//
+	// It should correspond with an app's "unbonding period" or other similar
+	// mechanism for handling [Nothing-At-Stake
+	// attacks](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Proof-of-Stake-FAQ#what-is-the-nothing-at-stake-problem-and-how-can-it-be-fixed).
+	MaxAgeDuration time.Duration `json:"max_age_duration"`
 }
 
 // ValidatorParams restrict the public key types validators can use.
@@ -77,7 +93,7 @@ func DefaultBlockParams() BlockParams {
 	}
 }
 
-// DefaultEvidenceParams Params returns a default EvidenceParams.
+// DefaultEvidenceParams returns a default EvidenceParams.
 func DefaultEvidenceParams() EvidenceParams {
 	return EvidenceParams{
 		MaxAgeNumBlocks: 100000, // 27.8 hrs at 1block/s