diff --git a/docs/src/reference/docbook/channel-adapter.xml b/docs/src/reference/docbook/channel-adapter.xml
index 8e2042246f..045a49e899 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/docbook/channel-adapter.xml
+++ b/docs/src/reference/docbook/channel-adapter.xml
@@ -64,14 +64,11 @@
     	However in the SourcePollingChannelAdapter it is a bit different.
 		The default value for <code>max-messages-per-poll</code> will be set to 1 by default unless you explicitly set it to 
 		a negative value (e.g., -1). It is done so to make sure that poller can react to a LifeCycle events (e.g., start/stop) 
-		and prevent it from potentially spinning in the non-interruptible infinite loop if the implementation of the custom 
-		method of the <classname>MessageSource</classname> is not interruptible. In other words when executing stop() method 
-		of the poller (e.g., <code>SourcePollingChannelAdapter.stop()</code>) the interrupt signal will be sent to the 
-		<classname>TaskExecutor</classname> but if poller is executing method that is not interruptible, 
-		the poller will never shut down.
+        and prevent it from potentially spinning in the infinite loop if the implementation of the custom 
+		method of the <classname>MessageSource</classname> has a potential to never return null and happened to be non-interruptible.
     	</para>
     	<para>
-    	However if you are sure that your method is interruptible and you need the behavior where your want to poll 
+    	However if you are sure that your method can return null and you need the behavior where you want to poll 
     	for as many sources as available per each poll, then you should explicitly set <code>max-messages-per-poll</code> 
     	to negative value.
 		<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<poller max-messages-per-poll="-1" fixed-rate="1000"/>]]></programlisting>