diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
index e3820285619..460c2dd0c75 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ public enum Property {
           + " the storage volumes if there are no other references to the files in the "
           + " metadata table. When deleting a lot of tables this optimization can be costly. "
           + " Setting this value to false will skip this optimization and the table directory "
-          + " cleanup will occur in the Garbage Collector instead.",
+          + " cleanup will occur in the Garbage Collector instead. The value should be false  "
+          + " when recursive deletes are not efficient on underlying volumes.",
       "2.1.5"),
   MANAGER_BULK_RETRIES("manager.bulk.retries", "3", PropertyType.COUNT,
       "The number of attempts to bulk import a RFile before giving up.", "1.4.0"),