diff --git a/src/mumble/AudioInput.cpp b/src/mumble/AudioInput.cpp
index c38d51289..f32837b21 100644
--- a/src/mumble/AudioInput.cpp
+++ b/src/mumble/AudioInput.cpp
@@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@ void AudioInput::encodeAudioFrame(AudioChunk chunk) {
 	if (!bIsSpeech) {
 		iHoldFrames++;
 		if (iHoldFrames < Global::get().s.iVoiceHold)
+			// Hold mic open until iVoiceHold threshold is reached
 			bIsSpeech = true;
 	} else {
 		iHoldFrames = 0;
diff --git a/src/mumble/AudioInput.h b/src/mumble/AudioInput.h
index c4021433e..3f1225e24 100644
--- a/src/mumble/AudioInput.h
+++ b/src/mumble/AudioInput.h
@@ -210,8 +210,12 @@ protected:
 
 	bool bEchoMulti;
 	Settings::NoiseCancel noiseCancel;
+	// Standard microphone sample rate (samples/s)
 	static const unsigned int iSampleRate = SAMPLE_RATE;
-	static const int iFrameSize           = SAMPLE_RATE / 100;
+	/// Based the sample rate, 48,000 samples/s = 48 samples/ms.
+	/// For each 10 ms, this yields 480 samples. This corresponds numerically with the calculation:
+	/// iFrameSize = 48000 / 100 = 480 samples, allowing a consistent 10ms of audio data per frame.
+	static const int iFrameSize = SAMPLE_RATE / 100;
 
 	QMutex qmSpeex;
 	SpeexPreprocessState *sppPreprocess;
diff --git a/src/mumble/Settings.cpp b/src/mumble/Settings.cpp
index fd617d636..0a7b46db4 100644
--- a/src/mumble/Settings.cpp
+++ b/src/mumble/Settings.cpp
@@ -323,9 +323,11 @@ Settings::Settings() {
 	bOnlyAttenuateSameOutput       = false;
 	bAttenuateLoopbacks            = false;
 	iMinLoudness                   = 1000;
-	iVoiceHold                     = 50;
-	iJitterBufferSize              = 1;
-	iFramesPerPacket               = 2;
+	/// Actual mic hold time is (iVoiceHold / 100) seconds, where iVoiceHold is specified in 'frames',
+	/// each of which is has a size of iFrameSize (see AudioInput.h)
+	iVoiceHold        = 20;
+	iJitterBufferSize = 1;
+	iFramesPerPacket  = 2;
 #ifdef USE_RNNOISE
 	noiseCancelMode = NoiseCancelRNN;
 #else