diff --git a/components/esp-tls/Kconfig b/components/esp-tls/Kconfig
index 297a357b6d..8ccd90f53f 100644
--- a/components/esp-tls/Kconfig
+++ b/components/esp-tls/Kconfig
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@ menu "ESP-TLS"
             with a server which has a fake identity, provided that the server certificate
             is not provided either through API or other mechanism like ca_store etc.
 
-    config ESP_WOLFSSL_SMALL_CERT_VERIFY
-        bool "Enable SMALL_CERT_VERIFY"
-        depends on ESP_TLS_USING_WOLFSSL
-        default y
-        help
-            Enables server verification with Intermediate CA cert, does not authenticate full chain
-            of trust upto the root CA cert (After Enabling this option client only needs to have Intermediate
-            CA certificate of the server to authenticate server, root CA cert is not necessary).
-
     config ESP_DEBUG_WOLFSSL
         bool "Enable debug logs for wolfSSL"
         depends on ESP_TLS_USING_WOLFSSL
diff --git a/examples/protocols/https_server/simple/README.md b/examples/protocols/https_server/simple/README.md
index be0867d943..02e4940605 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/https_server/simple/README.md
+++ b/examples/protocols/https_server/simple/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 | Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-C5 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-H2 | ESP32-P4 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 |
 | ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
 
-# HTTP server with SSL support using OpenSSL
+# HTTPS server
 
-This example creates a SSL server that returns a simple HTML page when you visit its root URL.
+This example creates an HTTPS server with SSL/TLS support using **ESP-TLS** that serves a simple HTML page when you visit its root URL.
 
-See the `esp_https_server` component documentation for details.
+For more information, refer to the [esp_https_server component documentation](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-reference/protocols/esp_https_server.html).
 
 ## How to use example
 Before project configuration and build, be sure to set the correct chip target using `idf.py set-target <chip_name>`.
diff --git a/examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server/README.md b/examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server/README.md
index fcdea7729e..f2cc7cc961 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server/README.md
+++ b/examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 | Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-C5 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-H2 | ESP32-P4 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 |
 | ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
 
-# HTTP Websocket server with SSL support
+# HTTPS Websocket server
 
-This example creates a SSL server and employs a simple Websocket request handler. It demonstrates handling multiple clients from the server including:
+This example creates an HTTPS server with SSL/TLS support using ESP-TLS and employs a simple Websocket request handler. It demonstrates handling multiple clients from the server including:
 * PING-PONG mechanism
 * Sending asynchronous messages to all clients
 
-See the `esp_https_server` component documentation for details.
+For more information, refer to the [esp_https_server component documentation](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-reference/protocols/esp_https_server.html).
 
 
 ### Websocket support in `http_server`