From: André Paiusco <2374887+Paiusco@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:22:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: man: coredump: KeepFree/MaxUse clarification of default values
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man: coredump: KeepFree/MaxUse clarification of default values
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diff --git a/man/coredump.conf.xml b/man/coredump.conf.xml
index 0398ef78db5..b1a203ca407 100644
--- a/man/coredump.conf.xml
+++ b/man/coredump.conf.xml
@@ -168,9 +168,10 @@
         <option>MaxUse=</option> makes
         sure that old core dumps are removed as soon as the total disk
         space taken up by core dumps grows beyond this limit (defaults
-        to 10% of the total disk size). <option>KeepFree=</option>
-        controls how much disk space to keep free at least (defaults
-        to 15% of the total disk size). Note that the disk space used
+        to 10% of the total disk size, capped at 4GiB, minimum 1MiB). 
+        <option>KeepFree=</option> controls how much disk space to keep
+        free at least (defaults to 15% of the total disk size, limited 
+        to a maximum of 4GiB). Note that the disk space used
         by core dumps might temporarily exceed these limits while
         core dumps are processed. Note that old core dumps are also
         removed based on time via