diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index aab567011..df6a762a7 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     {
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-logtimemicros", strprintf("Add microsecond precision to debug timestamps (default: %u)", DEFAULT_LOGTIMEMICROS));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-mocktime=<n>", "Replace actual time with <n> seconds since epoch (default: 0)");
-        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxsigcachesize=<n>", strprintf("Limit size of signature cache to <n> MiB (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE));
+        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxsigcachesize=<n>", strprintf("Limit sum of signature cache and script execution cache sizes to <n> MiB (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxtipage=<n>", strprintf("Maximum tip age in seconds to consider node in initial block download (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_TIP_AGE));
     }
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxtxfee=<amt>", strprintf(_("Maximum total fees (in %s) to use in a single wallet transaction or raw transaction; setting this too low may abort large transactions (default: %s)"),
diff --git a/src/script/sigcache.cpp b/src/script/sigcache.cpp
index bf0e00606..66aa7ad3e 100644
--- a/src/script/sigcache.cpp
+++ b/src/script/sigcache.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ void InitSignatureCache()
     // setup_bytes creates the minimum possible cache (2 elements).
     size_t nMaxCacheSize = std::min(std::max((int64_t)0, GetArg("-maxsigcachesize", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE) / 2), MAX_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE) * ((size_t) 1 << 20);
     size_t nElems = signatureCache.setup_bytes(nMaxCacheSize);
-    LogPrintf("Using %zu MiB out of %zu requested for signature cache, able to store %zu elements\n",
-            (nElems*sizeof(uint256)) >>20, nMaxCacheSize>>20, nElems);
+    LogPrintf("Using %zu MiB out of %zu/2 requested for signature cache, able to store %zu elements\n",
+            (nElems*sizeof(uint256)) >>20, (nMaxCacheSize*2)>>20, nElems);
 }
 
 bool CachingTransactionSignatureChecker::VerifySignature(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& pubkey, const uint256& sighash) const
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 463c16c11..baddb84be 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1217,8 +1217,8 @@ void InitScriptExecutionCache() {
     // setup_bytes creates the minimum possible cache (2 elements).
     size_t nMaxCacheSize = std::min(std::max((int64_t)0, GetArg("-maxsigcachesize", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE) / 2), MAX_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE) * ((size_t) 1 << 20);
     size_t nElems = scriptExecutionCache.setup_bytes(nMaxCacheSize);
-    LogPrintf("Using %zu MiB out of %zu requested for script execution cache, able to store %zu elements\n",
-            (nElems*sizeof(uint256)) >>20, nMaxCacheSize>>20, nElems);
+    LogPrintf("Using %zu MiB out of %zu/2 requested for script execution cache, able to store %zu elements\n",
+            (nElems*sizeof(uint256)) >>20, (nMaxCacheSize*2)>>20, nElems);
 }
 
 /**