diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index 27caf42c4..838d2aba2 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ public:
           command line switch and defaults to `1`. The value `0` means that
           the builder should use all available CPU cores in the system.
         )",
-        {"build-cores"}, false};
+        {"build-cores"},
+        // Don't document the machine-specific default value
+        false};
 
     /**
      * Read-only mode.  Don't copy stuff to the store, don't change
@@ -699,7 +701,10 @@ public:
 
           Build systems will usually detect the target platform to be the current physical system and therefore produce machine code incompatible with what may be intended in the derivation.
           You should design your derivation's `builder` accordingly and cross-check the results when using this option against natively-built versions of your derivation.
-        )", {}, false};
+        )",
+        {},
+        // Don't document the machine-specific default value
+        false};
 
     Setting<StringSet> systemFeatures{
         this,
@@ -744,7 +749,10 @@ public:
             [nspawn]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/67bcb99700a0da1395fa063d7c6586740b304598/tests/systemd-nspawn.nix.
 
             Included by default on Linux if the [`auto-allocate-uids`](#conf-auto-allocate-uids) setting is enabled.
-        )", {}, false};
+        )",
+        {},
+        // Don't document the machine-specific default value
+        false};
 
     Setting<Strings> substituters{
         this,
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
index 32ad2aa44..8b6bf9aed 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ struct StoreConfig : public Config
           Optional [system features](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-system-features) available on the system this store uses to build derivations.
 
           Example: `"kvm"`
-        )" };
+        )",
+        {},
+        // Don't document the machine-specific default value
+        false};
 };
 
 class Store : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Store>, public virtual StoreConfig