diff --git a/docs/reference/workflow.md b/docs/reference/workflow.md
index d6d181b..e438f74 100644
--- a/docs/reference/workflow.md
+++ b/docs/reference/workflow.md
@@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ Workflow retry and timeout settings are durable command budgets. Use
 `ChildWorkflowRetryPolicy` on `ctx.start_child_workflow(...)` for child workflow
 attempts. Use `TransportRetryPolicy` only for client HTTP retries.
 
+## Durable delay resolution
+
+`ActivityRetryPolicy` uses whole-second durable retry intervals:
+
+| Parameter | Accepted value and conversion |
+| --- | --- |
+| `initial_interval_seconds` | Non-negative float. Each generated interval is rounded up to a whole second. `0.1` becomes `1`. |
+| `maximum_interval_seconds` | Optional non-negative float. Caps the generated interval before rounding, so a cap of `0.1` still encodes one second. |
+| `backoff_seconds` | Explicit list of integer seconds. Use integers rather than fractional values. |
+
+`ctx.start_timer(seconds)` takes integer seconds. `ctx.sleep(seconds)` accepts
+a float and rounds positive fractions up to the next whole second. Zero stays
+zero. These are durable scheduling delays, so queue latency or worker load can
+make actual execution later. HTTP transport retry delays are a separate policy
+and do not use this durable-command conversion.
+
 Use `ctx.call_nexus_service(...)` from workflow code to start a Nexus service
 operation durably. Admission uses the leased workflow command. Synchronous
 completion waits remain suspended until a durable terminal service event,
diff --git a/src/durable_workflow/workflow.py b/src/durable_workflow/workflow.py
index 3c1aea9..fdaca1f 100644
--- a/src/durable_workflow/workflow.py
+++ b/src/durable_workflow/workflow.py
@@ -316,6 +316,13 @@ class ActivityRetryPolicy:
     budget for an already-scheduled activity. It is a server-side durable
     retry policy, not the SDK HTTP transport retry policy.
 
+    ``initial_interval_seconds`` and ``maximum_interval_seconds`` accept
+    fractional seconds. Each generated interval is capped first, then rounded
+    up to a whole second for the durable command. For example, an initial
+    interval of ``0.1`` becomes one second. The explicit ``backoff_seconds``
+    list instead takes integer seconds. This resolution does not guarantee
+    when a worker will start the next attempt.
+
     ``non_retryable_error_types`` names failure types that should bypass this
     retry budget. An activity worker can also report ``non_retryable=True`` on
     a failure to stop retrying that activity execution.