diff --git a/channels/misdn_config.c b/channels/misdn_config.c
index 6e2bfe02c93ad5072a3afbe58c554e550e4b6bb2..f447c5c214b15e26749b0ee331147e9fa623dbea 100644
--- a/channels/misdn_config.c
+++ b/channels/misdn_config.c
@@ -134,10 +134,11 @@ static const struct misdn_cfg_spec port_spec[] = {
 	{ "callerid", MISDN_CFG_CALLERID, MISDN_CTYPE_STR, "", NONE,
 		"Sets the caller ID." },
 	{ "method", MISDN_CFG_METHOD, MISDN_CTYPE_STR, "standard", NONE,
-		"Sets the method to use for channel selection:\n"
-		"\t  standard    - always choose the first free channel with the lowest number\n"
-		"\t  round_robin - use the round robin algorithm to select a channel. use this\n"
-		"\t                if you want to balance your load." },
+		"Set the method to use for channel selection:\n"
+		"\t  standard     - Use the first free channel starting from the lowest number.\n"
+		"\t  standard_dec - Use the first free channel starting from the highest number.\n"
+		"\t  round_robin  - Use the round robin algorithm to select a channel. Use this\n"
+		"\t                 if you want to balance your load." },
 	{ "dialplan", MISDN_CFG_DIALPLAN, MISDN_CTYPE_INT, "0", NONE,
 		"Dialplan means Type Of Number in ISDN Terms (for outgoing calls)\n"
 		"\n"
diff --git a/configs/misdn.conf.sample b/configs/misdn.conf.sample
index ad38766d20338c7c0cf54b358888e1ad677e411e..ca7f4549749d5198b9dc9b7b9410df27b80ddee7 100644
--- a/configs/misdn.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/misdn.conf.sample
@@ -269,10 +269,11 @@ need_more_infos=no
 ;
 nttimeout=no
 
-; set the method to use for channel selection:
-;   standard    - always choose the first free channel with the lowest number
-;   round_robin - use the round robin algorithm to select a channel. use this
-;                 if you want to balance your load.
+; Set the method to use for channel selection:
+;   standard     - Use the first free channel starting from the lowest number.
+;   standard_dec - Use the first free channel starting from the highest number.
+;   round_robin  - Use the round robin algorithm to select a channel. Use this
+;                  if you want to balance your load.
 ;
 ; default value: standard
 ;