diff --git a/docs/ref/extensions.rst b/docs/ref/extensions.rst
index a32034561..3402fcf35 100644
--- a/docs/ref/extensions.rst
+++ b/docs/ref/extensions.rst
@@ -139,18 +139,32 @@ Close domain extension
 Closes a domain/spider automatically when some conditions are met, using a
 specific closing reason for each condition.
 
-The supported conditions for closing a domain can be configured thorough these
-settings:
+The conditions for closing a domain can be configured through the following
+settings. Other conditions will be supported in the future.
 
-* :setting:`CLOSEDOMAIN_TIMEOUT` - an integer which specifies a number of
-  seconds. If the domain remains open for more than that time, it will be
-  closed with the reason ``closedomain_timeout``.
-* :setting:`CLOSEDOMAIN_ITEMPASSED` - an integer which specifies a number of
-  items. If the spider scrapes more than that amount if items and those items
-  are passed by the item pipeline, the domain will be closed with the reason
-  ``closedomain_itempassed``.
+.. setting:: CLOSEDOMAIN_TIMEOUT
 
-Other conditions will be supported in the future.
+CLOSEDOMAIN_TIMEOUT
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Default: ``0``
+
+An integer which specifies a number of seconds. If the domain remains open for
+more than that number of second, it will be automatically closed with the
+reason ``closedomain_timeout``. If zero (or non set) domains won't be closed by
+timeout.
+
+.. setting:: CLOSEDOMAIN_ITEMPASSED
+
+CLOSEDOMAIN_ITEMPASSED
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Default: ``0``
+
+An integer which specifies a number of items. If the spider scrapes more than
+that amount if items and those items are passed by the item pipeline, the
+domain will be closed with the reason ``closedomain_itempassed``. If zero (or
+non set) domains won't be closed by number of passed items.
 
 Stack trace dump extension
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.rst b/docs/ref/settings.rst
index 09dfc5098..1aa387e88 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.rst
@@ -81,28 +81,6 @@ Default: ``True``
 
 Whether to split HTTP cache storage in several dirs for performance.
 
-.. setting:: CLOSEDOMAIN_NOTIFY
-
-CLOSEDOMAIN_NOTIFY
-------------------
-
-Default: ``[]``
-Scope: ``scrapy.contrib.closedomain``
-
-A list of emails to notify if the domain has been automatically closed by timeout.
-
-.. setting:: CLOSEDOMAIN_TIMEOUT
-
-CLOSEDOMAIN_TIMEOUT
--------------------
-
-Default: ``0``
-Scope: ``scrapy.contrib.closedomain``
-
-A timeout (in secs) for automatically closing a spider. Spiders that remain
-open for more than this time will be automatically closed. If zero, the
-automatically closing is disabled.
-
 .. setting:: CLUSTER_LOGDIR
 
 CLUSTER_LOGDIR
diff --git a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
index ae4a636f4..020fcb4c8 100644
--- a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ BOT_NAME = 'scrapybot'
 BOT_VERSION = '1.0'
 
 CLOSEDOMAIN_TIMEOUT = 0
-CLOSEDOMAIN_NOTIFY = []
+CLOSEDOMAIN_ITEMPASSED = 0
 
 CLUSTER_LOGDIR = ''