diff --git a/examples/boinc/global_prefs_override.default.xml b/examples/boinc/global_prefs_override.defaults.xml
similarity index 97%
rename from examples/boinc/global_prefs_override.default.xml
rename to examples/boinc/global_prefs_override.defaults.xml
index 8773868..f4fcfcf 100644
--- a/examples/boinc/global_prefs_override.default.xml
+++ b/examples/boinc/global_prefs_override.defaults.xml
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
 
   <max_cpus>
     <!--
-      Use at most N CPUs on multi-CPU systems, and keep the rest free for other
-      applications.
+      Use at most N cores on multi-core systems, and keep the rest free for
+      other applications.
       Integer value. Maxes out at 1024. No default.
     -->
     1024
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@
 
   <max_ncpus_pct>
     <!--
-      Use at most N% of the CPUs, and keep the rest free for other applications.
+      Use at most N% of the cores in multi-core systems, and keep the rest free
+      for other applications.
       Example: 75% means to use 6 cores on an 8-core CPU.
       Floating point percentage value. Defaults to 90.000000.
     -->