diff --git a/config/provide.go b/config/provide.go
index 9fc378a32..9d3f24ccb 100644
--- a/config/provide.go
+++ b/config/provide.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultProvideDHTSweepEnabled             = false
 	DefaultProvideDHTDedicatedPeriodicWorkers = 2
 	DefaultProvideDHTDedicatedBurstWorkers    = 1
-	DefaultProvideDHTMaxProvideConnsPerWorker = 16
+	DefaultProvideDHTMaxProvideConnsPerWorker = 20
 	DefaultProvideDHTKeystoreBatchSize        = 1 << 14 // ~544 KiB per batch (1 multihash = 34 bytes)
 	DefaultProvideDHTOfflineDelay             = 2 * time.Hour
 )
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 7982cf7f8..46118554d 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -2167,7 +2167,13 @@ from that keyspace region until all provider records are assigned.
 This option defines how many such connections can be open concurrently by a
 single worker.
 
-Default: `16`
+> [!NOTE]
+> Increasing this value can speed up the provide operation, at the cost of
+> opening more simultaneous connections to DHT servers. A keyspace typically
+> has less than 60 peers, so you may hit a performance ceiling beyond which
+> increasing this value has no effect.
+
+Default: `20`
 
 Type: `optionalInteger` (non-negative)