diff --git a/share/examples/bitcoin.conf b/share/examples/bitcoin.conf
index 318b48bf2ef..4a947001fa2 100644
--- a/share/examples/bitcoin.conf
+++ b/share/examples/bitcoin.conf
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@
 # configuration option or the addnode RPC, which have a separate limit of 8 connections.
 #maxconnections=
 
+# Maximum upload bandwidth target in MiB per day (e.g. 'maxuploadtarget=1024' is 1 GiB per day).
+# This limits the upload bandwidth for those with bandwidth limits. 0 = no limit (default: 0).
+# -maxuploadtarget does not apply to peers with 'download' permission.
+# For more information on reducing bandwidth utilization, see: doc/reduce-traffic.md.
+#maxuploadtarget=
+
 #
 # JSON-RPC options (for controlling a running Bitcoin/bitcoind process)
 #