diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
index ef6abff5..033c4c8a 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ public interface CommaFeedConfiguration {
 		Duration interval();
 
 		/**
-		 * If true, CommaFeed will calculate the next refresh time based on the feed's average entry interval and the time since the last
-		 * entry was published. See {@link FeedRefreshIntervalCalculator} for details.
+		 * If true, CommaFeed will calculate the next refresh time based on the feed's average time between entries and the time since the
+		 * last entry was published. The interval will be somewhere between the default refresh interval and 24h.
+		 * 
+		 * See {@link FeedRefreshIntervalCalculator} for details.
 		 */
 		@WithDefault("false")
 		boolean intervalEmpirical();
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedRefreshIntervalCalculator.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedRefreshIntervalCalculator.java
index 8aea399e..48051719 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedRefreshIntervalCalculator.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedRefreshIntervalCalculator.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class FeedRefreshIntervalCalculator {
 
 	public Instant onFetchSuccess(Instant publishedDate, Long averageEntryInterval) {
 		Instant defaultRefreshInterval = getDefaultRefreshInterval();
-		return empiricalInterval ? computeRefreshIntervalForHeavyLoad(publishedDate, averageEntryInterval, defaultRefreshInterval)
+		return empiricalInterval ? computeEmpiricalRefreshInterval(publishedDate, averageEntryInterval, defaultRefreshInterval)
 				: defaultRefreshInterval;
 	}
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class FeedRefreshIntervalCalculator {
 		return Instant.now().plus(refreshInterval);
 	}
 
-	private Instant computeRefreshIntervalForHeavyLoad(Instant publishedDate, Long averageEntryInterval, Instant defaultRefreshInterval) {
+	private Instant computeEmpiricalRefreshInterval(Instant publishedDate, Long averageEntryInterval, Instant defaultRefreshInterval) {
 		Instant now = Instant.now();
 
 		if (publishedDate == null) {