diff --git a/docs/skopeo-copy.1.md b/docs/skopeo-copy.1.md
index 1e824c7e..b34fb57d 100644
--- a/docs/skopeo-copy.1.md
+++ b/docs/skopeo-copy.1.md
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Precompute digests to ensure layers are not uploaded that already exist on the d
 
 **--retry-times**
 
-The number of times to retry.
+The number of times to retry. By default, no retries are attempted.
 
 **--retry-delay**
 
diff --git a/docs/skopeo-delete.1.md b/docs/skopeo-delete.1.md
index 6f6ab6eb..226985a0 100644
--- a/docs/skopeo-delete.1.md
+++ b/docs/skopeo-delete.1.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Bearer token for accessing the registry.
 
 **--retry-times**
 
-The number of times to retry.
+The number of times to retry. By default, no retries are attempted.
 
 **--retry-delay**
 
diff --git a/docs/skopeo-inspect.1.md b/docs/skopeo-inspect.1.md
index 622cd601..80471eda 100644
--- a/docs/skopeo-inspect.1.md
+++ b/docs/skopeo-inspect.1.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Registry token for accessing the registry.
 
 **--retry-times**
 
-The number of times to retry.
+The number of times to retry. By default, no retries are attempted.
 
 **--retry-delay**
 
diff --git a/docs/skopeo-list-tags.1.md b/docs/skopeo-list-tags.1.md
index fb5f470d..0d7c7a08 100644
--- a/docs/skopeo-list-tags.1.md
+++ b/docs/skopeo-list-tags.1.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Bearer token for accessing the registry.
 
 **--retry-times**
 
-The number of times to retry.
+The number of times to retry. By default, no retries are attempted.
 
 **--retry-delay**
 
diff --git a/docs/skopeo-sync.1.md b/docs/skopeo-sync.1.md
index 1b218396..c0123d6e 100644
--- a/docs/skopeo-sync.1.md
+++ b/docs/skopeo-sync.1.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Only the first line will be read. A passphrase stored in a file is of questionab
 
 **--retry-times**
 
-The number of times to retry.
+The number of times to retry. By default, no retries are attempted.
 
 **--retry-delay**