diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-task-1.yml b/.github/workflows/test-task-1.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cfab11bc..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test-task-1.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# r cmd check workflow of the mlr3 ecosystem v0.1.0
-# https://github.com/mlr-org/actions
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-name: mlr3 & mlr3pipelines change
-
-jobs:
-  r-cmd-check:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
-
-    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
-
-    env:
-      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: mlr3
-        run: 'echo -e "Remotes:\n    mlr-org/mlr3@feat/train-predict,\n    mlr-org/mlr3pipelines$fixt/uses_test_task" >> DESCRIPTION'
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-        with:
-          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
-        with:
-          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
-          needs: check
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-task-2.yml b/.github/workflows/test-task-2.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d67df706..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test-task-2.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# r cmd check workflow of the mlr3 ecosystem v0.1.0
-# https://github.com/mlr-org/actions
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-name: mlr3 & mlr3pipelines change
-
-jobs:
-  r-cmd-check:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
-
-    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
-
-    env:
-      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: mlr3
-        run: 'echo -e "Remotes:\n    mlr-org/mlr3@feat/train-predict,\n    mlr-org/mlr3pipelines$feat/test-rows" >> DESCRIPTION'
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-        with:
-          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
-        with:
-          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
-          needs: check
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
diff --git a/R/LearnerClassifXgboost.R b/R/LearnerClassifXgboost.R
index 51d99b41..b2a3610c 100644
--- a/R/LearnerClassifXgboost.R
+++ b/R/LearnerClassifXgboost.R
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ LearnerClassifXgboost = R6Class("LearnerClassifXgboost",
         tags = c("train", "hotstart", "internal_tuning"),
         aggr = crate(function(x) as.integer(ceiling(mean(unlist(x)))), .parent = topenv()),
         in_tune_fn = crate(function(domain, param_vals) {
-          assert_true(!is.null(param_vals$early_stopping_rounds), .var.name = "early stopping rounds is set")
+          if (is.null(param_vals$early_stopping_rounds)) {
+            stop("Parameter 'early_stopping_rounds' must be set to use internal tuning.")
+          }
           assert_integerish(domain$upper, len = 1L, any.missing = FALSE) }, .parent = topenv()),
         disable_in_tune = list(early_stopping_rounds = NULL)
       )
diff --git a/R/LearnerRegrXgboost.R b/R/LearnerRegrXgboost.R
index 02049af8..98b410a0 100644
--- a/R/LearnerRegrXgboost.R
+++ b/R/LearnerRegrXgboost.R
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ LearnerRegrXgboost = R6Class("LearnerRegrXgboost",
         tags = c("train", "hotstart", "internal_tuning"),
         aggr = crate(function(x) as.integer(ceiling(mean(unlist(x)))), .parent = topenv()),
         in_tune_fn = crate(function(domain, param_vals) {
-          assert_true(!is.null(param_vals$early_stopping_rounds), .var.name = "early stopping rounds is set")
+          if (is.null(param_vals$early_stopping_rounds)) {
+            stop("Parameter 'early_stopping_rounds' must be set to use internal tuning.")
+          }
           assert_integerish(domain$upper, len = 1L, any.missing = FALSE) }, .parent = topenv()),
         disable_in_tune = list(early_stopping_rounds = NULL)
       )
diff --git a/inst/paramtest/test_paramtest_classif.xgboost.R b/inst/paramtest/test_paramtest_classif.xgboost.R
index d00c721b..e87e3d31 100644
--- a/inst/paramtest/test_paramtest_classif.xgboost.R
+++ b/inst/paramtest/test_paramtest_classif.xgboost.R
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ test_that("classif.xgboost", {
     "eval_metric", # handled by mlr3
     "label", # handled by mlr3
     "weight", # handled by mlr3
-    "nthread", # handled by mlr3
-    "early_stopping" # extra parameter of mlr3
+    "nthread" # handled by mlr3
   )
 
   ParamTest = run_paramtest(learner, fun, exclude, tag = "train")
diff --git a/inst/paramtest/test_paramtest_regr.xgboost.R b/inst/paramtest/test_paramtest_regr.xgboost.R
index ea7f54d4..baf3493f 100644
--- a/inst/paramtest/test_paramtest_regr.xgboost.R
+++ b/inst/paramtest/test_paramtest_regr.xgboost.R
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ test_that("regr.xgboost", {
     "label", # handled by mlr3
     "weight", # handled by mlr3
     "nthread" # handled by mlr3
-    "early_stopping" # extra parameter of mlr3
   )
 
   ParamTest = run_paramtest(learner, fun, exclude, tag = "train")
diff --git a/man/mlr_learners_regr.xgboost.Rd b/man/mlr_learners_regr.xgboost.Rd
index 2da77c45..a3ea6d0a 100644
--- a/man/mlr_learners_regr.xgboost.Rd
+++ b/man/mlr_learners_regr.xgboost.Rd
@@ -106,6 +106,38 @@ lrn("regr.xgboost")
    xgb_model \tab untyped \tab NULL \tab  \tab - \cr
 }
 }
+\section{Early stopping}{
+
+Early stopping can be used to find the optimal number of boosting rounds.
+Set \code{early_stopping_rounds} to an integer vaulue to monitor the performance of the model on the validation set while training.
+For information on how to configure the valdiation set, see the \emph{Validation} section of \code{\link[mlr3:Learner]{mlr3::Learner}}.
+}
+
+\section{Initial parameter values}{
+
+\itemize{
+\item \code{nrounds}:
+\itemize{
+\item Actual default: no default.
+\item Adjusted default: 1.
+\item Reason for change: Without a default construction of the learner
+would error. Just setting a nonsense default to workaround this.
+\code{nrounds} needs to be tuned by the user.
+}
+\item \code{nthread}:
+\itemize{
+\item Actual value: Undefined, triggering auto-detection of the number of CPUs.
+\item Adjusted value: 1.
+\item Reason for change: Conflicting with parallelization via \CRANpkg{future}.
+}
+\item \code{verbose}:
+\itemize{
+\item Actual default: 1.
+\item Adjusted default: 0.
+\item Reason for change: Reduce verbosity.
+}
+}
+}
 
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_classif_xgboost.R b/tests/testthat/test_classif_xgboost.R
index ceadaa5a..47fc5c07 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_classif_xgboost.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_classif_xgboost.R
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ test_that("validation and inner tuning", {
     validate = 0.2
   )
   s = learner$param_set$search_space()
-  expect_error(learner$param_set$convert_internal_search_space(s), "early stopping")
+  expect_error(learner$param_set$convert_internal_search_space(s), "Parameter")
   learner$param_set$set_values(early_stopping_rounds = 10)
   learner$param_set$disable_internal_tuning("nrounds")
   expect_equal(learner$param_set$values$early_stopping_rounds, NULL)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R b/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
index cc9e8a44..259842e1 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ test_that("validation and inner tuning", {
     validate = 0.2
   )
   s = learner$param_set$search_space()
-  expect_error(learner$param_set$convert_internal_search_space(s), "early stopping")
+  expect_error(learner$param_set$convert_internal_search_space(s), "Parameter")
   learner$param_set$set_values(early_stopping_rounds = 10)
   learner$param_set$disable_internal_tuning("nrounds")
   expect_equal(learner$param_set$values$early_stopping_rounds, NULL)