diff --git a/src/config/paper/server-properties.yml b/src/config/paper/server-properties.yml
index a610484c0..ebbc56f7f 100644
--- a/src/config/paper/server-properties.yml
+++ b/src/config/paper/server-properties.yml
@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ spawn-protection:
     at least 1 operator to be enabled.
 sync-chunk-writes:
   default: "true"
-  description: "Enables synchronous writing of chunk data."
+  description: |
+    Enables synchronous writing of chunk data. Has no effect on Paper by default, unless the corresponding system property is also set to true.
+    See [the system properties reference](/paper/reference/system-properties#paperenable-sync-chunk-writes).
 text-filtering-config:
   default: ""
   description: "The path to the text filtering configuration file. Leave blank to disable text filtering."