diff --git a/source/plugins/languages/README.md b/source/plugins/languages/README.md
index 832b01df..67de3bfa 100644
--- a/source/plugins/languages/README.md
+++ b/source/plugins/languages/README.md
@@ -56,5 +56,7 @@ For better results, it's advised to add either your surnames and eventually no-r
     plugin_languages_limit: 8                                    # Display up to 8 languages
     plugin_languages_sections: most-used, recently-used          # Display most used and recently used languages stats
     plugin_languages_indepth: no                                 # Get indepth stats (see documentation before enabling)
+    plugin_languages_recent_load: 500                            # Load up to 500 events to compute recently used stats
+    plugin_languages_recent_days: 7                              # Limit recently used stats to last week
     commits_authoring: lowlighter@users.noreply.github.com       # Surnames or email addresses used to identify your commits
 ```
diff --git a/source/plugins/languages/analyzers.mjs b/source/plugins/languages/analyzers.mjs
index 06dd578c..fc32bf01 100644
--- a/source/plugins/languages/analyzers.mjs
+++ b/source/plugins/languages/analyzers.mjs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export async function recent({login, data, imports, rest, account}, {skipped, da
   }
   console.debug(`metrics/compute/${login}/plugins > languages > ${commits.length} commits loaded`)
   results.commits = commits.length
+  results.latest = Math.round((new Date().getTime() - new Date(commits.slice(-1).shift()?.created_at).getTime()) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24))
 
   //Retrieve edited files and filter edited lines (those starting with +/-) from patches
   console.debug(`metrics/compute/${login}/plugins > languages > loading patches`)
diff --git a/source/plugins/languages/metadata.yml b/source/plugins/languages/metadata.yml
index b306b247..69dff602 100644
--- a/source/plugins/languages/metadata.yml
+++ b/source/plugins/languages/metadata.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ inputs:
 
   # Filter events by age (for recently used languages statistics)
   # Set to 0 to disable age filtering
+  # Note that metrics won't be able to load more events than GitHub is able to provide
   plugin_languages_recent_days:
     description: Maximum event age (for recently used section)
     type: number
diff --git a/source/templates/classic/partials/languages.ejs b/source/templates/classic/partials/languages.ejs
index 0a5a77cf..98c7a1d9 100644
--- a/source/templates/classic/partials/languages.ejs
+++ b/source/templates/classic/partials/languages.ejs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       <% } else { const width = 460 * (1 + large) %>
         <% if (section === "recently-used") { %>
           <small>
-            estimation from <%= plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.files %> edited file<%= s(plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.files) %> from <%= plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.commits %> commit<%= s(plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.commits) %> over last <%= plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.days %> day<%= s(plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.days) %>
+            estimation from <%= plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.files %> edited file<%= s(plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.files) %> from <%= plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.commits %> commit<%= s(plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.commits) %> over last <%= plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.latest ?? plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.days %> day<%= s(plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.latest ?? plugins.languages["stats.recent"]?.days) %>
           </small>
         <% } %>
         <svg class="bar" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="<%= width %>" height="8">