diff --git a/src/uproot/_dask.py b/src/uproot/_dask.py
index 8c4c2e3b2..1a628f563 100644
--- a/src/uproot/_dask.py
+++ b/src/uproot/_dask.py
@@ -195,8 +195,9 @@ def dask(
       If None, deduced from input file type.
     * timeout (float for HTTP, int for XRootD; default defined by source implementation): The time in seconds
       to wait before giving up on the connection. Ignored for non-internet sources like local file paths.
-    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of elements to be requested in a single vector
-      read, when using XRootD.
+    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of byte ranges requested in a single XRootD
+      vector read. This does not limit the number of TTree or RNTuple entries read; pass ``entry_stop`` to
+      ``arrays``, ``uproot.iterate``, or ``uproot.concatenate`` instead.
     * num_workers (int; 1): Number of tasks to spawn for reading, only used by some source types
     * use_threads (bool; False on the emscripten platform (i.e. in a web browser), else True):
       Use multi-threading when spawning workers.
diff --git a/src/uproot/behaviors/RNTuple.py b/src/uproot/behaviors/RNTuple.py
index 1d02765ed..03cf585e7 100644
--- a/src/uproot/behaviors/RNTuple.py
+++ b/src/uproot/behaviors/RNTuple.py
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ def iterate(
       If None, deduced from input file type.
     * timeout (float for HTTP, int for XRootD; default defined by source implementation): The time in seconds
       to wait before giving up on the connection. Ignored for non-internet sources like local file paths.
-    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of elements to be requested in a single vector
-      read, when using XRootD.
+    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of byte ranges requested in a single XRootD
+      vector read. This does not limit the number of TTree or RNTuple entries read; pass ``entry_stop`` to
+      ``arrays``, ``uproot.iterate``, or ``uproot.concatenate`` instead.
     * num_workers (int; 1): Number of tasks to spawn for reading, only used by some source types
     * use_threads (bool; False on the emscripten platform (i.e. in a web browser), else True):
       Use multi-threading when spawning workers.
@@ -355,8 +356,9 @@ def concatenate(
       If None, deduced from input file type.
     * timeout (float for HTTP, int for XRootD; default defined by source implementation): The time in seconds
       to wait before giving up on the connection. Ignored for non-internet sources like local file paths.
-    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of elements to be requested in a single vector
-      read, when using XRootD.
+    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of byte ranges requested in a single XRootD
+      vector read. This does not limit the number of TTree or RNTuple entries read; pass ``entry_stop`` to
+      ``arrays``, ``uproot.iterate``, or ``uproot.concatenate`` instead.
     * num_workers (int; 1): Number of tasks to spawn for reading, only used by some source types
     * use_threads (bool; False on the emscripten platform (i.e. in a web browser), else True):
       Use multi-threading when spawning workers.
diff --git a/src/uproot/behaviors/TBranch.py b/src/uproot/behaviors/TBranch.py
index 92c63df0e..2ecfa74ab 100644
--- a/src/uproot/behaviors/TBranch.py
+++ b/src/uproot/behaviors/TBranch.py
@@ -176,8 +176,9 @@ def iterate(
       If None, deduced from input file type.
     * timeout (float for HTTP, int for XRootD; default defined by source implementation): The time in seconds
       to wait before giving up on the connection. Ignored for non-internet sources like local file paths.
-    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of elements to be requested in a single vector
-      read, when using XRootD.
+    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of byte ranges requested in a single XRootD
+      vector read. This does not limit the number of TTree or RNTuple entries read; pass ``entry_stop`` to
+      ``arrays``, ``uproot.iterate``, or ``uproot.concatenate`` instead.
     * num_workers (int; 1): Number of tasks to spawn for reading, only used by some source types
     * use_threads (bool; False on the emscripten platform (i.e. in a web browser), else True):
       Use multi-threading when spawning workers.
@@ -391,8 +392,9 @@ def concatenate(
       If None, deduced from input file type.
     * timeout (float for HTTP, int for XRootD; default defined by source implementation): The time in seconds
       to wait before giving up on the connection. Ignored for non-internet sources like local file paths.
-    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of elements to be requested in a single vector
-      read, when using XRootD.
+    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of byte ranges requested in a single XRootD
+      vector read. This does not limit the number of TTree or RNTuple entries read; pass ``entry_stop`` to
+      ``arrays``, ``uproot.iterate``, or ``uproot.concatenate`` instead.
     * num_workers (int; 1): Number of tasks to spawn for reading, only used by some source types
     * use_threads (bool; False on the emscripten platform (i.e. in a web browser), else True):
       Use multi-threading when spawning workers.
diff --git a/src/uproot/reading.py b/src/uproot/reading.py
index efcf623f3..889651ddd 100644
--- a/src/uproot/reading.py
+++ b/src/uproot/reading.py
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ def open(
       If None, deduced from input file type.
     * timeout (float for HTTP, int for XRootD; default defined by source implementation): The time in seconds
       to wait before giving up on the connection. Ignored for non-internet sources like local file paths.
-    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of elements to be requested in a single vector
-      read, when using XRootD.
+    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of byte ranges requested in a single XRootD
+      vector read. This does not limit the number of TTree or RNTuple entries read; pass ``entry_stop`` to
+      ``arrays``, ``uproot.iterate``, or ``uproot.concatenate`` instead.
     * num_workers (int; 1): Number of tasks to spawn for reading, only used by some source types
     * use_threads (bool; False on the emscripten platform (i.e. in a web browser), else True):
       Use multi-threading when spawning workers.
@@ -102,7 +103,6 @@ def open(
     * minimal_ttree_metadata (bool; True): Skip rarely used metadata and defer reading of embedded TBaskets
     * http_max_header_bytes (int; 21784): Maximum size of HTTP packet in bytes when the source is http
 
-
     Any object derived from a ROOT file is a context manager (works in Python's
     ``with`` statement) that closes the file when exiting the ``with`` block.
     Therefore, the :doc:`uproot.reading.open` function can and usually should
@@ -546,8 +546,9 @@ class ReadOnlyFile(CommonFileMethods):
       If None, deduced from input file type.
     * timeout (float for HTTP, int for XRootD; default defined by source implementation): The time in seconds
       to wait before giving up on the connection. Ignored for non-internet sources like local file paths.
-    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of elements to be requested in a single vector
-      read, when using XRootD.
+    * max_num_elements (None or int; None): The maximum number of byte ranges requested in a single XRootD
+      vector read. This does not limit the number of TTree or RNTuple entries read; pass ``entry_stop`` to
+      ``arrays``, ``uproot.iterate``, or ``uproot.concatenate`` instead.
     * num_workers (int; 1): Number of tasks to spawn for reading, only used by some source types
     * use_threads (bool; False on the emscripten platform (i.e. in a web browser), else True):
       Use multi-threading when spawning workers.