diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/limits.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/limits.rs
index 169630a058d4..fc65aa2e90f6 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/limits.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/limits.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ pub(crate) const DEFAULT_MEMORY_LIMIT: usize = 10000;
 
 /// Used by hosts to limit resource consumption of instances at runtime.
 ///
-/// A [`Store`](crate::Store) can be created with a resource limiter so that hosts can take into account
-/// non-WebAssembly resource usage to determine if a linear memory or table should grow.
+/// [`Store::new_with_limits`](crate::Store::new_with_limits) can be used
+/// with a resource limiter to take into account non-WebAssembly resource
+/// usage to determine if a linear memory or table should be grown.
 pub trait ResourceLimiter {
     /// Notifies the resource limiter that an instance's linear memory has been requested to grow.
     ///
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/store.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/store.rs
index c0182a90ea94..fb60ded7d009 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/store.rs
@@ -122,20 +122,37 @@ impl Hash for HostInfoKey {
 }
 
 impl Store {
-    /// Creates a new store to be associated with the given [`Engine`].
+    /// Creates a new [`Store`] to be associated with the given [`Engine`].
+    ///
+    /// The created [`Store`] will place no additional limits on the size of linear
+    /// memories or tables at runtime. Linear memories and tables will be allowed to
+    /// grow to any upper limit specified in their definitions.
+    ///
+    /// The store will limit the number of instances, linear memories, and tables created to 10,000.
+    ///
+    /// Use [`Store::new_with_limits`] with a [`StoreLimitsBuilder`](crate::StoreLimitsBuilder) to
+    /// specify different limits for the store.
     pub fn new(engine: &Engine) -> Self {
         Self::new_(engine, None)
     }
 
-    /// Creates a new store to be associated with the given [`Engine`] and using the supplied
+    /// Creates a new [`Store`] to be associated with the given [`Engine`] and using the supplied
     /// resource limiter.
     ///
+    /// A [`ResourceLimiter`] can be implemented by hosts to control the size of WebAssembly
+    /// linear memories and tables when a request is made to grow them.
+    ///
+    /// [`StoreLimitsBuilder`](crate::StoreLimitsBuilder) can be used to create a
+    /// [`StoreLimits`](crate::StoreLimits) that implements [`ResourceLimiter`] using
+    /// static limit values.
+    ///
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
     /// # use wasmtime::{Engine, Store, StoreLimitsBuilder};
+    /// // Place a limit on linear memories so they cannot grow beyond 1 MiB
     /// let engine = Engine::default();
-    /// let store = Store::new_with_limits(&engine, StoreLimitsBuilder::new().instances(10).build());
+    /// let store = Store::new_with_limits(&engine, StoreLimitsBuilder::new().memory_pages(16).build());
     /// ```
     pub fn new_with_limits(engine: &Engine, limiter: impl ResourceLimiter + 'static) -> Self {
         Self::new_(engine, Some(Rc::new(ResourceLimiterProxy(limiter))))
diff --git a/tests/all/limits.rs b/tests/all/limits.rs
index 3d603b647c19..f4c74be61228 100644
--- a/tests/all/limits.rs
+++ b/tests/all/limits.rs
@@ -215,9 +215,13 @@ fn test_initial_table_limits_exceeded() -> Result<()> {
 #[test]
 fn test_pooling_allocator_initial_limits_exceeded() -> Result<()> {
     let mut config = Config::new();
+    config.wasm_multi_memory(true);
     config.allocation_strategy(InstanceAllocationStrategy::Pooling {
         strategy: PoolingAllocationStrategy::NextAvailable,
-        module_limits: ModuleLimits::default(),
+        module_limits: ModuleLimits {
+            memories: 2,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
         instance_limits: InstanceLimits {
             count: 1,
             ..Default::default()
@@ -225,7 +229,10 @@ fn test_pooling_allocator_initial_limits_exceeded() -> Result<()> {
     });
 
     let engine = Engine::new(&config)?;
-    let module = Module::new(&engine, r#"(module (memory (export "m") 5))"#)?;
+    let module = Module::new(
+        &engine,
+        r#"(module (memory (export "m1") 2) (memory (export "m2") 5))"#,
+    )?;
 
     let store = Store::new_with_limits(&engine, StoreLimitsBuilder::new().memory_pages(3).build());