2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst b/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst
index ea2922da5c..2da833c827 100644
--- a/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst
+++ b/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
 
 By default, events sent by local users are not deleted, as they may represent
 the only copies of this content in existence. (Events sent by remote users are
-deleted, and room state data before the cutoff is always removed).
+deleted.)
 
-To delete local events as well, set ``delete_local_events`` in the body:
+Room state data (such as joins, leaves, topic) is always preserved.
+
+To delete local message events as well, set ``delete_local_events`` in the body:
 
 .. code:: json
 
diff --git a/docs/workers.rst b/docs/workers.rst
index dee04bbf3e..80f8d2181a 100644
--- a/docs/workers.rst
+++ b/docs/workers.rst
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ file. For example::
 ``synapse.app.event_creator``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Handles non-state event creation. It can handle REST endpoints matching:
+Handles non-state event creation. It can handle REST endpoints matching::
 
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/send