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## Number of peers
-- `-maxconnections=<n>` - the maximum number of connections, this defaults to 125. Each active connection takes up some
- memory. This option applies only if incoming connections are enabled, otherwise the number of connections will never
- be more than 10. Of the 10 outbound peers, there can be 8 full-relay connections and 2 block-relay-only ones.
+- `-maxconnections=<n>` - the maximum number of connections, which defaults to 125. Each active connection takes up some
+ memory. This option applies only if inbound connections are enabled; otherwise, the number of connections will not
+ be more than 11. Of the 11 outbound peers, there can be 8 full-relay connections, 2 block-relay-only ones,
+ and occasionally 1 short-lived feeler or extra outbound block-relay-only connection.
+
+- These limits do not apply to connections added manually with the `-addnode` configuration option or
+ the `addnode` RPC, which have a separate limit of 8 connections.
## Thread configuration