diff --git a/etc/example.conf b/etc/example.conf
index 6c1b102..76b23cd 100644
--- a/etc/example.conf
+++ b/etc/example.conf
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 ; max. number of parallel connections piler-smtp can handle.
 ; Important! If you want to change this value, then you must first
 ; stop piler-smtp, change the value, then start piler-smtp.
+; I don't suggest to go under 10 or above 1000.
 max_connections=64
 
 ; number of processed emails per each piler process
diff --git a/src/piler-smtp.c b/src/piler-smtp.c
index 4e38127..5bad0b8 100644
--- a/src/piler-smtp.c
+++ b/src/piler-smtp.c
@@ -385,10 +385,6 @@
 
    initialise_configuration();
 
-   // The max_connections variable mustn't be affected by a reload!
-   if(cfg.max_connections < 10) cfg.max_connections = 10;
-   if(cfg.max_connections > 10000) cfg.max_connections = 10000;
-
    listenerfd = create_listener_socket(cfg.listen_addr, cfg.listen_port);
    if(listenerfd == -1){
       syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "create_listener_socket() error");