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@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ Use ~setq~ in your configuration, e.g.:
 (setq gptel-org-tools-result-limit 12000)
 #+end_src
 
-This will *prevent* tools from returning results longer than 20,000 characters. Instead, the LLM will receive a message saying it should be much more specific in its queries, which will hopefully alleviate the issue.
+This will *prevent* tools from returning results longer than 12,000 characters. Instead, the LLM will receive a message saying it should be much more specific in its queries, which will hopefully alleviate the issue.
+
+By default the limit is 20k, but for my use 12k seems like a reasonable middle-ground (24GB RAM and long query chains.)
 
 The functionality for withholding results is only applied to select functions that are known to cause issues.
 ** Helper Functions