diff --git a/.config/example.yml b/.config/example.yml
index 9716915b6..f73f4f1d7 100644
--- a/.config/example.yml
+++ b/.config/example.yml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ redis:
 #   ┌─────────────────────┐
 #───┘ Other configuration └─────────────────────────────────────
 
-# Maximum length of a post (default 3000, max 250000000)
+# Maximum length of a post (default 3000, max 100000)
 #maxNoteLength: 3000
 
 # Maximum length of an image caption (default 1500, max 8192)
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/const.ts b/packages/backend/src/const.ts
index 1f1e63292..49f012c5e 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/const.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/const.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import config from "@/config/index.js";
-import { DB_MAX_IMAGE_COMMENT_LENGTH } from "@/misc/hard-limits.js";
+import { DB_MAX_NOTE_TEXT_LENGTH, DB_MAX_IMAGE_COMMENT_LENGTH } from "@/misc/hard-limits.js";
 
-export const MAX_NOTE_TEXT_LENGTH = config.maxNoteLength ?? 3000;
+export const MAX_NOTE_TEXT_LENGTH = Math.min(
+	config.maxNoteLength ?? 3000,
+	DB_MAX_NOTE_TEXT_LENGTH,
+);
 export const MAX_CAPTION_TEXT_LENGTH = Math.min(
 	config.maxCaptionLength ?? 1500,
 	DB_MAX_IMAGE_COMMENT_LENGTH,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/misc/hard-limits.ts b/packages/backend/src/misc/hard-limits.ts
index f1a58a425..62671a706 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/misc/hard-limits.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/misc/hard-limits.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 /**
  * Maximum note text length that can be stored in DB.
  * Surrogate pairs count as one
- * DEPRECARTED: use const/MAX_NOTE_TEXT_LENGTH instead
  */
-// export const DB_MAX_NOTE_TEXT_LENGTH = 8192;
+export const DB_MAX_NOTE_TEXT_LENGTH = 100000;
 
 /**
  * Maximum image description length that can be stored in DB.