<term><varname>ExternalSizeMax=</varname></term>
<term><varname>JournalSizeMax=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>The maximum (compressed or uncompressed) size in bytes of a core to be saved in
- separate files on disk (default: 1G on 32bit, 32G on 64bit systems) or in the journal (default:
- 10M). Unit suffixes are allowed just as in <option>ProcessSizeMax=</option>.</para></listitem>
-
- <para><varname>ExternalSizeMax=infinity</varname> sets the core size to unlimited.</para>
+ <listitem><para>The maximum (compressed or uncompressed) size in bytes of a coredump to be saved in
+ separate files on disk (default: 1G on 32-bit systems, 32G on 64-bit systems) or in the journal
+ (default: 767M). Note that the journal service enforces a hard limit on journal log records of 767M,
+ and will ignore larger submitted log records. Hence, <varname>JournalSizeMax=</varname> may be
+ lowered relative to the default, but not increased. Unit suffixes are allowed just as in
+ <option>ProcessSizeMax=</option>.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ExternalSizeMax=infinity</varname> sets the core size to unlimited.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>