diff --git a/DOC.md b/DOC.md
index b491fc5b0..50ad1758b 100644
--- a/DOC.md
+++ b/DOC.md
@@ -644,8 +644,8 @@ Arguments:
   - `reliability`: a structure of reliability settings containing:
     - `unordered`: if `true`, the Data Channel will not enforce message ordering, else it will be ordered
     - `unreliable`: if `true`, the Data Channel will not enforce strict reliability, else it will be reliable
-    - `maxPacketLifeTime`: if unreliable, maximum packet life time in milliseconds
-    - `maxRetransmits`: if unreliable and maxPacketLifeTime is 0, maximum number of retransmissions (0 means no retransmission)
+    - `maxPacketLifeTime`: if unreliable, time window in milliseconds during which transmissions and retransmissions may occur
+    - `maxRetransmits`: if unreliable and maxPacketLifeTime is 0, maximum number of attempted retransmissions (0 means no retransmission)
   - `protocol` (optional): a user-defined UTF-8 string representing the Data Channel protocol, empty if NULL
   - `negotiated`: if `true`, the Data Channel is assumed to be negotiated by the user and won't be negotiated by the WebRTC layer
   - `manualStream`: if `true`, the Data Channel will use `stream` as stream ID, else an available id is automatically selected
diff --git a/include/rtc/rtc.h b/include/rtc/rtc.h
index 55b26d3fa..4750d7798 100644
--- a/include/rtc/rtc.h
+++ b/include/rtc/rtc.h
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ RTC_C_EXPORT int rtcReceiveMessage(int id, char *buffer, int *size);
 typedef struct {
 	bool unordered;
 	bool unreliable;
-	int maxPacketLifeTime; // ignored if reliable
-	int maxRetransmits;    // ignored if reliable
+	unsigned int maxPacketLifeTime; // ignored if reliable
+	unsigned int maxRetransmits;    // ignored if reliable
 } rtcReliability;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/pages/content/pages/reference.md b/pages/content/pages/reference.md
index 19abec828..ea10e5c10 100644
--- a/pages/content/pages/reference.md
+++ b/pages/content/pages/reference.md
@@ -647,8 +647,8 @@ Arguments:
   - `reliability`: a structure of reliability settings containing:
     - `unordered`: if `true`, the Data Channel will not enforce message ordering, else it will be ordered
     - `unreliable`: if `true`, the Data Channel will not enforce strict reliability, else it will be reliable
-    - `maxPacketLifeTime`: if unreliable, maximum packet life time in milliseconds
-    - `maxRetransmits`: if unreliable and maxPacketLifeTime is 0, maximum number of retransmissions (0 means no retransmission)
+    - `maxPacketLifeTime`: if unreliable, time window in milliseconds during which transmissions and retransmissions may occur
+    - `maxRetransmits`: if unreliable and maxPacketLifeTime is 0, maximum number of attempted retransmissions (0 means no retransmission)
   - `protocol` (optional): a user-defined UTF-8 string representing the Data Channel protocol, empty if NULL
   - `negotiated`: if `true`, the Data Channel is assumed to be negotiated by the user and won't be negotiated by the WebRTC layer
   - `manualStream`: if `true`, the Data Channel will use `stream` as stream ID, else an available id is automatically selected
diff --git a/src/capi.cpp b/src/capi.cpp
index 25e953185..5a2982cbc 100644
--- a/src/capi.cpp
+++ b/src/capi.cpp
@@ -966,12 +966,12 @@ int rtcGetDataChannelReliability(int dc, rtcReliability *reliability) {
 		Reliability dcr = dataChannel->reliability();
 		std::memset(reliability, 0, sizeof(*reliability));
 		reliability->unordered = dcr.unordered;
-		if (dcr.type == Reliability::Type::Timed) {
+		if(dcr.maxPacketLifeTime) {
 			reliability->unreliable = true;
-			reliability->maxPacketLifeTime = int(std::get<milliseconds>(dcr.rexmit).count());
-		} else if (dcr.type == Reliability::Type::Rexmit) {
+			reliability->maxPacketLifeTime = dcr.maxPacketLifeTime->count();
+		} else if (dcr.maxRetransmits) {
 			reliability->unreliable = true;
-			reliability->maxRetransmits = std::get<int>(dcr.rexmit);
+			reliability->maxRetransmits = *dcr.maxRetransmits;
 		} else {
 			reliability->unreliable = false;
 		}