diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 562ff58a5675..4cc4aef8060f 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			},
 		},
 		Mempool: MempoolConfig{
-			MaxTxs: 0,
+			MaxTxs: 5_000,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/server/config/toml.go b/server/config/toml.go
index bd8114327d29..1fbcd7b368f6 100644
--- a/server/config/toml.go
+++ b/server/config/toml.go
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ prefix = "{{ .Streamers.File.Prefix }}"
 ###############################################################################
 
 [mempool]
+# Setting max-txs to 0 will allow for a unbounded amount of transactions in the mempool.
+# Setting max_txs to negative 1 (-1) will disable transactions from being inserted into the mempool.
+# Setting max_txs to a positive number  (> 0) will limit the number of transactions in the mempool, by the specified amount.
 max-txs = "{{ .Mempool.MaxTxs }}"
 
 `