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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/tuning/maxopenfiles.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/tuning/maxopenfiles.xml
index ea0a33980a..8c1a49f686 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/tuning/maxopenfiles.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/tuning/maxopenfiles.xml
@@ -4,17 +4,20 @@
advanced="1" developer="1"
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
- <para>This parameter limits the maximum number of
+ <para>This parameter limits the maximum number of
open files that one <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> file
- serving process may have open for a client at any one time. The
- default for this parameter is set very high (10,000) as Samba uses
- only one bit per unopened file.</para>
-
- <para>The limit of the number of open files is usually set
- by the UNIX per-process file descriptor limit rather than
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> file
+ serving process may have open for a client at any one time. The
+ This parameter can be set very high (16404) as Samba uses
+ only one bit per unopened file. Setting this parameter lower than
+ 16404 will cause Samba to complain and set this value back to
+ the minimum of 16404, as Windows 7 depends on this number of
+ open file handles being available.</para>
+
+ <para>The limit of the number of open files is usually set
+ by the UNIX per-process file descriptor limit rather than
this parameter so you should never need to touch this parameter.</para>
</description>
-<value type="default">10000</value>
+<value type="default">16404</value>
</samba:parameter>