diff --git a/docs/changelog/changelog_dev.rst b/docs/changelog/changelog_dev.rst
index 88d7d105..ee76791e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/changelog_dev.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog/changelog_dev.rst
@@ -82,3 +82,11 @@ Development Changelog
         :tickets:
 
         Fix for create_eagle_env.sh not creating environment.
+
+    .. change:
+        :tags: documentation
+        :pullreq: 229
+        :tickets: 225
+
+        Modifies docs to specify that the ``eagle.postprocessing.n_workers`` key
+        is for how many Eagle nodes are used and indicates the default of 2.
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diff --git a/docs/project_defn.rst b/docs/project_defn.rst
index 2e0f49f7..8e1b05c7 100644
--- a/docs/project_defn.rst
+++ b/docs/project_defn.rst
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ the Eagle supercomputer.
 *  ``postprocessing``: Eagle configuration for the postprocessing step
 
     *  ``time``: Maximum time in minutes to allocate postprocessing job
-    *  ``n_workers``: Number of eagle workers to parallelize the postprocessing job into. Max supported is 32.
+    *  ``n_workers``: Number of eagle nodes to parallelize the postprocessing job into. Max supported is 32. Default is 2.
     *  ``node_memory_mb``: The memory (in MB) to request for eagle node for postprocessing. The valid values are
                            85248, 180224 and 751616. Default is 85248.
     *  ``parquet_memory_mb``: The size (in MB) of the combined parquet file in memory. Default is 40000.