diff --git a/buffer/README.md b/buffer/README.md
index b46fa687..a33f47f8 100644
--- a/buffer/README.md
+++ b/buffer/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ A chunk can fail to be written out to the destination for a number of reasons. T
 By default, Fluentd increases the wait interval exponentially for each retry attempt. For example, assuming that the initial wait interval is set to 1 second and the exponential factor is 2, each attempt occurs at the following time points:
 
 ```text
-1 2   4       8               16
+0 1   3       7               15
 x-x---x-------x---------------x-------------------------
 │ │   │       │               └─  4th retry (wait = 8s)
 │ │   │       └─────────────────  3th retry (wait = 4s)
diff --git a/configuration/buffer-section.md b/configuration/buffer-section.md
index b33f90fc..8ec5a7bf 100644
--- a/configuration/buffer-section.md
+++ b/configuration/buffer-section.md
@@ -494,7 +494,11 @@ Following are the flushing parameters for chunks to optimize performance \(laten
   * Default: 72h
   * The maximum time \(seconds\) to retry to flush again the failed chunks,
 
-    until the plugin discards the buffer chunks
+    until the plugin discards the buffer chunks.
+
+    If the next retry is going to exceed this time limit, the last retry
+
+    will be made at exactly this time limit.
 * `retry_forever` \[bool\]
   * Default: `false`
   * If true, plugin will ignore `retry_timeout` and `retry_max_times`
@@ -546,7 +550,8 @@ With `exponential_backoff`, `retry_wait` interval will be calculated as below:
 * c: constant factor, `@retry_wait`
 * b: base factor, `@retry_exponential_backoff_base`
 * k: number of retry times
-* total retry time: `c + c * b^1 + (...) + c*b^k = c*b^(k+1) - 1`
+* total retry time: `c + c*b^1 + (...) + c*b^(k-1) = c*(b^k - 1) / (b - 1)`
+  * = `2^k - 1` by default
 
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diff --git a/output/README.md b/output/README.md
index ec2fbb53..98af696d 100644
--- a/output/README.md
+++ b/output/README.md
@@ -181,6 +181,18 @@ If the bottom chunk write out fails, it will remain in the queue and Fluentd wil
 
 Writing out the bottom chunk is considered to be a failure if `Output#write` or `Output#try_write` method throws an exception.
 
+The retry timings of `retry_timeout: 100s`.
+
+| N-th retry | Elapsed |
+| :---       | :---    |
+| 1th        | 1s      |
+| 2th        | 3s      |
+| 3th        | 7s      |
+| 4th        | 15s     |
+| 5th        | 31s     |
+| 6th        | 63s     |
+| 7th        | 100s    |
+
 #### `retry_type`
 
 Specifies how to wait for the next retry to flush buffer.
@@ -198,13 +210,13 @@ Default: `false`
 
 #### `retry_timeout`
 
-The maximum seconds to retry to flush while failing, until the plugin discards the buffer chunks.
+The maximum seconds to retry to flush while failing, until the plugin discards the buffer chunks. If the next retry is going to exceed this time limit, the last retry will be made at exactly this time limit.
 
-Default: `72` \(hours\)
+Default: `72h` \(72 hours\)
 
 #### `retry_max_times`
 
-The maximum number of times to retry to flush while failing. If `retry_timeout` is the default, the number is 17 with exponential backoff.
+The maximum number of times to retry to flush while failing. If `retry_timeout` is the default, the number is 18 with exponential backoff.
 
 Default: `nil`
 
@@ -268,5 +280,37 @@ This example sends logs to Elasticsearch using a file buffer `/var/log/td-agent/
 
 NOTE: `<secondary>` plugin receives the primary's buffer chunk directly. So, you need to check if your secondary plugin works with the primary setting.
 
+The retry timings of `retry_timeout: 100s` with the secondary.
+
+| N-th retry | Elapsed | Output plugin |
+| :---       | :---    | :---          |
+| 1th        | 1s      | primary       |
+| 2th        | 3s      | primary       |
+| 3th        | 7s      | primary       |
+| 4th        | 15s     | primary       |
+| 5th        | 31s     | primary       |
+| 6th        | 63s     | primary       |
+| 7th        | 80s     | secondary     |
+| 8th        | 81s     | secondary     |
+| 9th        | 83s     | secondary     |
+| 10th       | 87s     | secondary     |
+| 11th       | 95s     | secondary     |
+| 12th       | 100s    | secondary     |
+
+The retry timings of `retry_max_times: 10` with the secondary.
+
+| N-th retry | Elapsed | Output plugin |
+| :---       | :---    | :---          |
+| 1th        | 1s      | primary       |
+| 2th        | 3s      | primary       |
+| 3th        | 7s      | primary       |
+| 4th        | 15s     | primary       |
+| 5th        | 31s     | primary       |
+| 6th        | 63s     | primary       |
+| 7th        | 127s    | primary       |
+| 8th        | 255s    | primary       |
+| 9th        | 511s    | primary       |
+| 10th       | 818s    | secondary     |
+
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