diff --git a/doc/reference/cmdline.rst b/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
index 21f5b80ba6d..fa57319e4f9 100644
--- a/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Running the server
         Maximum allowed virtual memory per worker. If the limit is exceeded,
         the worker is killed and recycled at the end of the current request.
 
-        Defaults to 2048MB.
+        Defaults to 2048MiB.
 
     .. option:: --limit-memory-hard <limit>
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Running the server
         immediately killed without waiting for the end of the current request
         processing.
 
-        Defaults to 2560MB.
+        Defaults to 2560MiB.
 
     .. option:: --limit-time-cpu <limit>
 
diff --git a/odoo/tools/config.py b/odoo/tools/config.py
index 2bf198cc585..475f959a025 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/config.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/config.py
@@ -266,10 +266,12 @@ class configmanager(object):
                              help="Specify the number of workers, 0 disable prefork mode.",
                              type="int")
             group.add_option("--limit-memory-soft", dest="limit_memory_soft", my_default=2048 * 1024 * 1024,
-                             help="Maximum allowed virtual memory per worker, when reached the worker be reset after the current request (default 671088640 aka 640MB).",
+                             help="Maximum allowed virtual memory per worker, when reached the worker be "
+                             "reset after the current request (default 2048MiB).",
                              type="int")
             group.add_option("--limit-memory-hard", dest="limit_memory_hard", my_default=2560 * 1024 * 1024,
-                             help="Maximum allowed virtual memory per worker, when reached, any memory allocation will fail (default 805306368 aka 768MB).",
+                             help="Maximum allowed virtual memory per worker, when reached, any memory "
+                             "allocation will fail (default 2560MiB).",
                              type="int")
             group.add_option("--limit-time-cpu", dest="limit_time_cpu", my_default=60,
                              help="Maximum allowed CPU time per request (default 60).",