diff --git a/content/enterprise_influxdb/v1.8/administration/config-data-nodes.md b/content/enterprise_influxdb/v1.8/administration/config-data-nodes.md
index ca6bcf317..0c2b02de9 100644
--- a/content/enterprise_influxdb/v1.8/administration/config-data-nodes.md
+++ b/content/enterprise_influxdb/v1.8/administration/config-data-nodes.md
@@ -258,6 +258,19 @@ This setting does not apply to cache snapshotting.
 
 Environmental variable: `INFLUXDB_DATA_CACHE_MAX_CONCURRENT_COMPACTIONS`
 
+#### `compact-throughput = "48m"`
+
+The maximum number of bytes per seconds TSM compactions write to disk. Default is `"48m"` (48 million).
+Note that short bursts are allowed to happen at a possibly larger value, set by `compact-throughput-burst`.
+
+Environment variable: `INFLUXDB_DATA_COMPACT_THROUGHPUT`  
+
+#### `compact-throughput-burst = "48m"`
+
+The maximum number of bytes per seconds TSM compactions write to disk during brief bursts. Default is `"48m"` (48 million).
+
+Environment variable: `INFLUXDB_DATA_COMPACT_THROUGHPUT_BURST`  
+
 #### `compact-full-write-cold-duration = "4h"`
 
 The duration at which the TSM engine will compact all TSM files in a shard if it hasn't received a write or delete.
diff --git a/content/influxdb/v1.8/administration/config.md b/content/influxdb/v1.8/administration/config.md
index 409f8e9bc..de045f7cf 100644
--- a/content/influxdb/v1.8/administration/config.md
+++ b/content/influxdb/v1.8/administration/config.md
@@ -313,16 +313,16 @@ Environment variable: `INFLUXDB_DATA_MAX_CONCURRENT_COMPACTIONS`
 
 #### `compact-throughput = "48m"`
 
-The rate limit, in bytes per second, that we will allow TSM compactions to write to disk.
+The maximum number of bytes per seconds TSM compactions write to disk. Default is `"48m"` (48 million).
 Note that short bursts are allowed to happen at a possibly larger value, set by `compact-throughput-burst`.
 
 Environment variable: `INFLUXDB_DATA_COMPACT_THROUGHPUT`  
 
 #### `compact-throughput-burst = "48m"`
 
-The rate limit, in bytes per second, that we allow TSM compactions to write to disk.
+The maximum number of bytes per seconds TSM compactions write to disk during brief bursts. Default is `"48m"` (48 million).
 
-Environment variable: `INFLUXDB_DATA_COMPACT_THROUGHPUT_BURST`  
+Environment variable: `INFLUXDB_DATA_COMPACT_THROUGHPUT_BURST` 
 
 #### `tsm-use-madv-willneed = false`