diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index f1090a1db..c0e3ba0e4 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -5629,7 +5629,9 @@ def runDaemon(mediaInstance: bool,maxRecentPosts: int, \
     # max POST size of 30M
     httpd.maxPostLength=1024*1024*30
     httpd.maxMediaSize=httpd.maxPostLength
-    httpd.maxMessageLength=8000
+    # Maximum text length is 32K - enough for a blog post
+    httpd.maxMessageLength=32000
+    # Maximum overall number of posts per box
     httpd.maxPostsInBox=32000
     httpd.domain=domain
     httpd.port=port