diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c38dccb..57193b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ HTTPS=false
 DATABASE_URL=
 PRETTY_LOG=true
 PUBLISH_BLOCKS=false
-CONNECTIONS_PER_CORE=2 # how many postgres connections should be made for each core on the host
+MAX_CONNECTIONS=4 # how many postgres connections should be made
 ```
 To run this server in production, you'll likely want to set most of them
 ```env
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ HTTPS=true
 DATABASE_URL=postgres://pg_user:pg_pass@pg_host:pg_port/pg_database
 PRETTY_LOG=false
 PUBLISH_BLOCKS=true
-CONNECTIONS_PER_CORE=4
+MAX_CONNECTIONS=16
 ```
 
 ### Contributing