diff --git a/doc/babeld.texi b/doc/babeld.texi
index 8f67197..65587a7 100644
--- a/doc/babeld.texi
+++ b/doc/babeld.texi
@@ -54,18 +54,16 @@
 @deffnx {Interface Command} {babel wireless} {}
 Specifies whether this interface is wireless, which disables a number
 of optimisations that are only correct on wired interfaces.
-Specifying @code{wireless} is always correct, but may cause extra
-routing overhead.  The default is autodetected if possible,
-@code{wireless} otherwise.
+Specifying @code{wireless} (the default) is always correct, but may
+cause slower convergence and extra routing traffic.
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn {Interface Command} {babel split-horizon}
 @deffnx {Interface Command} {no babel split-horizon}
-Specifies whether to perform split-horizon on the interface.  Default
-is @code{babel split-horizon} on wired interfaces, and @code{no babel
-split-horizon} on wireless interfaces.  Please note that performing split
-horizon on wireless interfaces is not correct in general, and may lead
-to communication failures.
+Specifies whether to perform split-horizon on the interface.
+Specifying @code{no babel split-horizon} (the default) is always
+correct, while @code{babel split-horizon} is an optimisation that
+should only be used on symmetric and transitive (wired) networks.
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn {Interface Command} {babel passive-interface}
@@ -77,22 +75,23 @@
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn {Interface Command} {babel hello-interval <20-655340>}
-Specifies the time in milliseconds between two scheduled hellos.
-Babel notices a link failure within two hello intervals on wired
-links; on wireless links, the link quality value is reestimated at
-every hello interval.
+Specifies the time in milliseconds between two scheduled hellos.  On
+wired links, Babel notices a link failure within two hello intervals;
+on wireless links, the link quality value is reestimated at every
+hello interval.  The default is 4000@dmn{ms}.
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn {Interface Command} {babel update-interval <20-655340>}
 Specifies the time in milliseconds between two scheduled updates.
-Since Babel makes extensive use of triggered updates, this can be
-set to fairly high values on links with little packet loss.
+Since Babel makes extensive use of triggered updates, this can be set
+to fairly high values on links with little packet loss.  The default
+is 20000@dmn{ms}.
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn {Babel Command} {babel resend-delay <20-655340>}
 Specifies the time in milliseconds after which an ``important''
-request or update will be resent.  This is a global, not per-interface
-value.
+request or update will be resent.  The default is 2000@dmn{ms}.  You
+probably don't want to tweak this value.
 @end deffn
 
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