diff --git a/docs/getting-started/env-configuration.md b/docs/getting-started/env-configuration.md
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@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ the search query. Example: `http://searxng.local/search?q=<query>`
 
 - Type: `str`
 - Default: `base`
-- Description: Sets the Whisper model to use for Speech-to-Text.
+- Description: Sets the Whisper model to use for Speech-to-Text. The backend used is faster_whisper with quantization to `int8`.
 
 #### `WHISPER_MODEL_DIR`