diff --git a/man/repo-smartsync.1 b/man/repo-smartsync.1
index 6e77f182..dd36df01 100644
--- a/man/repo-smartsync.1
+++ b/man/repo-smartsync.1
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ number of CPU cores)
 .TP
 \fB\-\-jobs\-network\fR=\fI\,JOBS\/\fR
 number of network jobs to run in parallel (defaults to
-\fB\-\-jobs\fR or 1)
+\fB\-\-jobs\fR or 1). Ignored when \fB\-\-interleaved\fR is set
 .TP
 \fB\-\-jobs\-checkout\fR=\fI\,JOBS\/\fR
 number of local checkout jobs to run in parallel
-(defaults to \fB\-\-jobs\fR or 8)
+(defaults to \fB\-\-jobs\fR or 8). Ignored when \fB\-\-interleaved\fR
+is set
 .TP
 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\-broken\fR
 obsolete option (to be deleted in the future)
diff --git a/man/repo-sync.1 b/man/repo-sync.1
index afaee2af..6e9dd8ad 100644
--- a/man/repo-sync.1
+++ b/man/repo-sync.1
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ number of CPU cores)
 .TP
 \fB\-\-jobs\-network\fR=\fI\,JOBS\/\fR
 number of network jobs to run in parallel (defaults to
-\fB\-\-jobs\fR or 1)
+\fB\-\-jobs\fR or 1). Ignored when \fB\-\-interleaved\fR is set
 .TP
 \fB\-\-jobs\-checkout\fR=\fI\,JOBS\/\fR
 number of local checkout jobs to run in parallel
-(defaults to \fB\-\-jobs\fR or 8)
+(defaults to \fB\-\-jobs\fR or 8). Ignored when \fB\-\-interleaved\fR
+is set
 .TP
 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\-broken\fR
 obsolete option (to be deleted in the future)
diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index f0c398a3..e75a8154 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ later is required to fix a server side protocol bug.
             type=int,
             metavar="JOBS",
             help="number of network jobs to run in parallel (defaults to "
-            "--jobs or 1)",
+            "--jobs or 1). Ignored when --interleaved is set",
         )
         p.add_option(
             "--jobs-checkout",
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ later is required to fix a server side protocol bug.
             type=int,
             metavar="JOBS",
             help="number of local checkout jobs to run in parallel (defaults "
-            f"to --jobs or {DEFAULT_LOCAL_JOBS})",
+            f"to --jobs or {DEFAULT_LOCAL_JOBS}). Ignored when --interleaved "
+            "is set",
         )
 
         p.add_option(