diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7733201..00a2cd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ The supported environment variables are:
 | -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | POSTGRESQL_URL       | PostgreSQL instance URL, format: `postgres://[user]:[password]@localhost:[port]/[database name]`           |
 | COUCHDB_URL          | CouchDB instance URL, format: `https://[user]:[password]@localhost:[port]/medic`                           |
-| COUCH2PG_SLEEP_MINS  | Number of minutes between synchronization                                                                  |
+| COUCH2PG_SLEEP_MINS  | Number of minutes between synchronization. It defaults to 50 if this variable is not explicitly set.       |
 | COUCH2PG_DOC_LIMIT   | Number of documents cht-couch2pg fetches from CouchDB everytime                                          |
 | COUCH2PG_RETRY_COUNT | Number of times cht-couch2pg will retry synchronizing documents from CouchDB after experiencing an error |
+| COUCH2PG_USERS_META_DOC_LIMIT | Number of documents to grab concurrently from the users-meta database. These documents are larger so set a limit lower than the docLimit. It defaults to 50 if this variable is not explicitly set. |
 
 Example:
 ```
diff --git a/env.js b/env.js
index 8a9f89f..a5cdeb3 100644
--- a/env.js
+++ b/env.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
     docLimit: safeNum(process.env.COUCH2PG_DOC_LIMIT),
     changesLimit: safeNum(process.env.COUCH2PG_CHANGES_LIMIT),
     retryCount: safeNum(process.env.COUCH2PG_RETRY_COUNT),
-    sleepMins: (safeNum(process.env.COUCH2PG_SLEEP_MINS) || 60),
-    couchdbUsersMetaDocLimit: process.env.COUCH2PG_USERS_META_DOC_LIMIT || 50,
+    sleepMins: safeNum(process.env.COUCH2PG_SLEEP_MINS) || 60,
+    couchdbUsersMetaDocLimit: safeNum(process.env.COUCH2PG_USERS_META_DOC_LIMIT) || 50,
   };
 };