diff --git a/man/dot-check_sim_args.Rd b/man/dot-check_sim_args.Rd
index 1440f80c..7a2030f1 100644
--- a/man/dot-check_sim_args.Rd
+++ b/man/dot-check_sim_args.Rd
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ binomial offspring, or custom functions.}
 
 \item{stat_max}{A stopping criterion for individual chain simulations; a
 positive number coercible to integer. When any chain's cumulative statistic
-reaches \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
+reaches or surpasses \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
 \code{statistic = "size"} and \code{stat_max = 10}, then any chain that produces 10
 or more cases will stop.}
 
diff --git a/man/dot-check_statistic_args.Rd b/man/dot-check_statistic_args.Rd
index ab2e9ab8..f7af5857 100644
--- a/man/dot-check_statistic_args.Rd
+++ b/man/dot-check_statistic_args.Rd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ it goes extinct.
 
 \item{stat_max}{A stopping criterion for individual chain simulations; a
 positive number coercible to integer. When any chain's cumulative statistic
-reaches \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
+reaches or surpasses \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
 \code{statistic = "size"} and \code{stat_max = 10}, then any chain that produces 10
 or more cases will stop.}
 }
diff --git a/man/dot-epichains.Rd b/man/dot-epichains.Rd
index 8e4b9df8..35b930e4 100644
--- a/man/dot-epichains.Rd
+++ b/man/dot-epichains.Rd
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ it goes extinct.
 
 \item{stat_max}{A stopping criterion for individual chain simulations; a
 positive number coercible to integer. When any chain's cumulative statistic
-reaches \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
+reaches or surpasses \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
 \code{statistic = "size"} and \code{stat_max = 10}, then any chain that produces 10
 or more cases will stop.}
 }
diff --git a/man/dot-epichains_summary.Rd b/man/dot-epichains_summary.Rd
index d859213d..9e232b56 100644
--- a/man/dot-epichains_summary.Rd
+++ b/man/dot-epichains_summary.Rd
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ it goes extinct.
 
 \item{stat_max}{A stopping criterion for individual chain simulations; a
 positive number coercible to integer. When any chain's cumulative statistic
-reaches \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
+reaches or surpasses \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
 \code{statistic = "size"} and \code{stat_max = 10}, then any chain that produces 10
 or more cases will stop.}
 }
diff --git a/man/dot-new_epichains.Rd b/man/dot-new_epichains.Rd
index 22442639..d9661935 100644
--- a/man/dot-new_epichains.Rd
+++ b/man/dot-new_epichains.Rd
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ binomial offspring, or custom functions.}
 
 \item{stat_max}{A stopping criterion for individual chain simulations; a
 positive number coercible to integer. When any chain's cumulative statistic
-reaches \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
+reaches or surpasses \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
 \code{statistic = "size"} and \code{stat_max = 10}, then any chain that produces 10
 or more cases will stop.}
 
diff --git a/man/dot-new_epichains_summary.Rd b/man/dot-new_epichains_summary.Rd
index 75683e20..92d31899 100644
--- a/man/dot-new_epichains_summary.Rd
+++ b/man/dot-new_epichains_summary.Rd
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ binomial offspring, or custom functions.}
 
 \item{stat_max}{A stopping criterion for individual chain simulations; a
 positive number coercible to integer. When any chain's cumulative statistic
-reaches \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
+reaches or surpasses \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
 \code{statistic = "size"} and \code{stat_max = 10}, then any chain that produces 10
 or more cases will stop.}
 }
diff --git a/man/simulate_chains.Rd b/man/simulate_chains.Rd
index f467f672..a78c7e0e 100644
--- a/man/simulate_chains.Rd
+++ b/man/simulate_chains.Rd
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ binomial offspring, or custom functions.}
 
 \item{stat_max}{A stopping criterion for individual chain simulations; a
 positive number coercible to integer. When any chain's cumulative statistic
-reaches \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
+reaches or surpasses \code{stat_max}, that chain ends. Defaults to \code{Inf}. For example, if
 \code{statistic = "size"} and \code{stat_max = 10}, then any chain that produces 10
 or more cases will stop.}