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@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ to `log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=INFO` and then run:
 And you should see `INFO` level logs in the file under the `clients/build/test-results/test` directory.
 
 ### Specifying test retries ###
-By default, each failed test is retried once up to a maximum of three total retries per test run. 
-Tests are retried at the end of the test task. Adjust these parameters in the following way:
+Retries are disabled by default, but you can set maxTestRetryFailures and maxTestRetries to enable retries.
+
+The following example declares -PmaxTestRetries=1 and -PmaxTestRetryFailures=3 to enable a failed test to be retried once, with a total retry limit of 3.
 
     ./gradlew test -PmaxTestRetries=1 -PmaxTestRetryFailures=3
 
-Additionally, quarantined tests are automatically retried three times up to a total of
-20 retries per run. This is controlled by similar parameters.
+The quarantinedTest task also has no retries by default, but you can set maxQuarantineTestRetries and maxQuarantineTestRetryFailures to enable retries, similar to the test task.
 
-    ./gradlew test -PmaxQuarantineTestRetries=3 -PmaxQuarantineTestRetryFailures=20
+    ./gradlew quarantinedTest -PmaxQuarantineTestRetries=3 -PmaxQuarantineTestRetryFailures=20
 
 See [Test Retry Gradle Plugin](https://github.com/gradle/test-retry-gradle-plugin) for and [build.yml](.github/workflows/build.yml) more details.