diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e5889f..f993090 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix installation from source, which missed wombatSetup.js (#287)
 - Fix outdated system dependencies in README: remove Pillow build-time deps (bundled in wheels), add missing `libcairo` across all platforms (#152)
 - Improve contribution setup instructions: use `hatch shell`, clarify commands must be run from local clone root (#153)
+- Fix `Creator.config_indexing` docstring to reflect that only the full-text index is toggled; title indexing is always performed by libzim (#294)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/zimscraperlib/zim/creator.py b/src/zimscraperlib/zim/creator.py
index ca03ba0..8dd6969 100644
--- a/src/zimscraperlib/zim/creator.py
+++ b/src/zimscraperlib/zim/creator.py
@@ -127,9 +127,12 @@ def __init__(
     def config_indexing(
         self, indexing: bool, language: str | None = None  # noqa: FBT001
     ):
-        """Toggle full-text and title indexing of entries
+        """Toggle full-text indexing of entries
 
-        Uses Language metadata's value (or "") if not set"""
+        Uses Language metadata's value (or "") if not set.
+
+        Note: title indexing is always performed by libzim and cannot be
+        disabled via this method; only the full-text index is toggled."""
         language = language or self._get_first_language_metadata_value() or ""
         if indexing and not is_valid_iso_639_3(language):
             raise ValueError("Not a valid ISO-639-3 language code")
diff --git a/tests/zim/test_zim_creator.py b/tests/zim/test_zim_creator.py
index ad2bf7b..7befd6d 100644
--- a/tests/zim/test_zim_creator.py
+++ b/tests/zim/test_zim_creator.py
@@ -973,3 +973,11 @@ def test_config_indexing(tmp_path: pathlib.Path):
     assert Creator(tmp_path / "_.zim", "").config_indexing(True, "bam")
     assert Creator(tmp_path / "_.zim", "").config_indexing(False, "bam")
     assert Creator(tmp_path / "_.zim", "").config_indexing(False)
+
+
+def test_config_indexing_docstring_only_mentions_full_text():
+    """Regression test for #294: docstring must not claim title indexing
+    is toggled (libzim only toggles the full-text index)."""
+    doc = Creator.config_indexing.__doc__ or ""
+    assert "full-text" in doc
+    assert "full-text and title indexing" not in doc