diff --git a/website/content/docs/troubleshoot/faq.mdx b/website/content/docs/troubleshoot/faq.mdx index 5dc5b9fa38..1013012047 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/troubleshoot/faq.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/troubleshoot/faq.mdx @@ -110,10 +110,13 @@ of any excessive resource utilization before arbitrarily increasing the limits. ### Q: What is the per-key value size limitation for Consul's key/value store? -The limit on a key's value size is 512KB. This is strictly enforced and an -HTTP 413 status will be returned to any client that attempts to store more -than that limit in a value. It should be noted that the Consul key/value store -is not designed to be used as a general purpose database. See +The default recommended limit on a key's value size is 512KB. This is strictly +enforced and an HTTP 413 status will be returned to any client that attempts to +store more than that limit in a value. The limit can be increased by using the +[`kv_max_value_size`](/docs/agent/options#kv_max_value_size) configuration option. + +It should be noted that the Consul key/value store is not designed to be used as +a general purpose database. See [Server Performance](/docs/install/performance) for more details. ### Q: What data is replicated between Consul datacenters?