-as 16 KiB, for example. This *setting is ignored* when using the
-thread factory. Instead, you should compile SimGrid and your
-application with ``-fsplit-stack``. Note that this compilation flag is
-not compatible with the model checker right now.
+as 16 KiB, for example. You can ensure that some actors have a specific
+size by simply changing the value of this configuration item before
+creating these actors. The :cpp:func:`simgrid::s4u::Engine::set_config`
+functions are handy for that.
+
+This *setting is ignored* when using the thread factory (because there
+is no way to modify the stack size with C++ system threads). Instead,
+you should compile SimGrid and your application with
+``-fsplit-stack``. Note that this compilation flag is not compatible
+with the model checker right now.