diff --git a/docs/includes/protections.md b/docs/includes/protections.md
index a242a6256..bb4a7eb35 100644
--- a/docs/includes/protections.md
+++ b/docs/includes/protections.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ If `trade_limit` or more trades resulted in stoploss, trading will stop for `sto
 
 This applies across all pairs, unless `only_per_pair` is set to true, which will then only look at one pair at a time.
 
-Similarly, this protection will by default look at all trades (long and short). For futures bots, setting `only_per_side` will make the bot only one side, and will then only lock this one side.
+Similarly, this protection will by default look at all trades (long and short). For futures bots, setting `only_per_side` will make the bot only consider one side, and will then only lock this one side, allowing for example shorts to continue after a series of long stoplosses.
 
 The below example stops trading for all pairs for 4 candles after the last trade if the bot hit stoploss 4 times within the last 24 candles.
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def protections(self):
             "trade_limit": 4,
             "stop_duration_candles": 4,
             "only_per_pair": False,
-            "only_per_side": True
+            "only_per_side": False
         }
     ]
 ```
diff --git a/freqtrade/strategy/interface.py b/freqtrade/strategy/interface.py
index 7d16fc813..e37fddbe6 100644
--- a/freqtrade/strategy/interface.py
+++ b/freqtrade/strategy/interface.py
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ class IStrategy(ABC, HyperStrategyMixin):
         :param until: datetime in UTC until the pair should be blocked from opening new trades.
                 Needs to be timezone aware `datetime.now(timezone.utc)`
         :param reason: Optional string explaining why the pair was locked.
+        :param side: Side to check, can be long, short or '*'
         """
         PairLocks.lock_pair(pair, until, reason, side=side)