diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index 0071ad4603d..756a878f7f8 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -2528,17 +2528,17 @@ class ConfigGeneralSettings(LiteLLMPydanticObjectBase):
     max_failed_login_attempts: int | None = Field(
         None,
         ge=1,
-        description="Number of failed Admin UI sign-in attempts allowed for one username, from any source address, within `failed_login_window_seconds`, before further attempts for that username are refused with 429. Attempts are answered with a doubling delay well before this ceiling. Configurable from config.yaml only. Defaults to 50",
+        description="Number of failed Admin UI sign-in attempts allowed for one username, from any source address, within `failed_login_window_seconds`, before further attempts for that username are refused with 429. Attempts are answered with a doubling delay well before this ceiling. Set under `general_settings` in config.yaml. Defaults to 50",
     )
     max_failed_login_attempts_per_source: int | None = Field(
         None,
         ge=1,
-        description="Number of failed Admin UI sign-in attempts allowed from one source address, across every username, within `failed_login_window_seconds`, before further attempts from that address are refused with 429. Counted independently of `max_failed_login_attempts`. Configurable from config.yaml only. Defaults to 250",
+        description="Number of failed Admin UI sign-in attempts allowed from one source address, across every username, within `failed_login_window_seconds`, before further attempts from that address are refused with 429. Counted independently of `max_failed_login_attempts`. Set under `general_settings` in config.yaml. Defaults to 250",
     )
     failed_login_window_seconds: int | None = Field(
         None,
         ge=1,
-        description="Fixed window in seconds over which failed Admin UI sign-in attempts are counted. The window starts at the first failure and is not extended by later ones. Configurable from config.yaml only. Defaults to 900",
+        description="Fixed window in seconds over which failed Admin UI sign-in attempts are counted. The window starts at the first failure and is not extended by later ones. Set under `general_settings` in config.yaml. Defaults to 900",
     )
     allowed_routes: list | None = Field(None, description="Proxy API Endpoints you want users to be able to access")
     reject_clientside_metadata_tags: bool | None = Field(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_server.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_server.py
index 17563f60a4f..a39fec7f523 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_server.py
@@ -11428,12 +11428,12 @@ async def test_authoritative_floor_spend_keeps_a_reset_marker_written_during_the
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_login_throttle_settings_are_not_overridable_from_the_database():
-    """LIT-5285: the sign-in limits stay config.yaml only.
+async def test_login_throttle_settings_are_not_hot_applied_from_the_database():
+    """LIT-5285: a stored sign-in limit does not take effect on a live worker.
 
-    _update_general_settings copies an allowlist of keys out of the DB row. Adding these
-    to it would let a stored value outrank config.yaml, so an operator refused by a bad
-    value could not fix it by editing YAML and restarting.
+    _update_general_settings copies an allowlist of keys out of the DB row on every config
+    poll. Adding these to it would let a stored value outrank config.yaml without a restart,
+    so an operator locked out by a bad value could not fix it by editing YAML and restarting.
     """
     import litellm.proxy.proxy_server as ps
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
index 9d66320041f..62ba7ce8b95 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
@@ -24152,7 +24152,7 @@ export interface components {
             enable_public_model_hub: boolean;
             /**
              * Failed Login Window Seconds
-             * @description Fixed window in seconds over which failed Admin UI sign-in attempts are counted. The window starts at the first failure and is not extended by later ones. Configurable from config.yaml only. Defaults to 900
+             * @description Fixed window in seconds over which failed Admin UI sign-in attempts are counted. The window starts at the first failure and is not extended by later ones. Set under `general_settings` in config.yaml. Defaults to 900
              */
             failed_login_window_seconds?: number | null;
             /**
@@ -24201,12 +24201,12 @@ export interface components {
             max_batch_file_size_mb?: number | null;
             /**
              * Max Failed Login Attempts
-             * @description Number of failed Admin UI sign-in attempts allowed for one username, from any source address, within `failed_login_window_seconds`, before further attempts for that username are refused with 429. Attempts are answered with a doubling delay well before this ceiling. Configurable from config.yaml only. Defaults to 50
+             * @description Number of failed Admin UI sign-in attempts allowed for one username, from any source address, within `failed_login_window_seconds`, before further attempts for that username are refused with 429. Attempts are answered with a doubling delay well before this ceiling. Set under `general_settings` in config.yaml. Defaults to 50
              */
             max_failed_login_attempts?: number | null;
             /**
              * Max Failed Login Attempts Per Source
-             * @description Number of failed Admin UI sign-in attempts allowed from one source address, across every username, within `failed_login_window_seconds`, before further attempts from that address are refused with 429. Counted independently of `max_failed_login_attempts`. Configurable from config.yaml only. Defaults to 250
+             * @description Number of failed Admin UI sign-in attempts allowed from one source address, across every username, within `failed_login_window_seconds`, before further attempts from that address are refused with 429. Counted independently of `max_failed_login_attempts`. Set under `general_settings` in config.yaml. Defaults to 250
              */
             max_failed_login_attempts_per_source?: number | null;
             /**