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@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ useful to normal users:
 
 1. `IDLE <ms>`: Set the idle time (last time it was delivered) of the message. If IDLE is not specified, an IDLE of 0 is assumed, that is, the time count is reset because the message has now a new owner trying to process it.
 2. `TIME <ms-unix-time>`: This is the same as IDLE but instead of a relative amount of milliseconds, it sets the idle time to a specific Unix time (in milliseconds). This is useful in order to rewrite the AOF file generating `XCLAIM` commands.
-3. `RETRYCOUNT <count>`: Set the retry counter to the specified value. This counter is incremented every time a message is delivered again. Normally `XCLAIM` does not alter this counter, which is just served to clients when the XPENDING command is called: this way clients can detect anomalies, like messages that are never processed for some reason after a big number of delivery attempts.
+3. `RETRYCOUNT <count>`: Set the retry counter to the specified value. If not set, `XCLAIM` will increment the retry counter every time a message is delivered again.
 4. `FORCE`: Creates the pending message entry in the PEL even if certain specified IDs are not already in the PEL assigned to a different client. However the message must be exist in the stream, otherwise the IDs of non existing messages are ignored.
 5. `JUSTID`: Return just an array of IDs of messages successfully claimed, without returning the actual message. Using this option means the retry counter is not incremented.