diff --git a/docs/private-networks/get-started/start-node.md b/docs/private-networks/get-started/start-node.md
index e589d7bc982..c7193e0b4d0 100644
--- a/docs/private-networks/get-started/start-node.md
+++ b/docs/private-networks/get-started/start-node.md
@@ -114,4 +114,10 @@ besu --genesis-file=<path>/genesis.json --data-path=<data-path> --rpc-http-enabl
 ```
 
 Where `<data-path>` is the path to the directory to save the chain data to.
-Ensure you configure a peer discovery method, such as [bootnodes](../how-to/configure/bootnodes.md)
+Ensure you configure a peer discovery method, such as [bootnodes](../how-to/configure/bootnodes.md).
+
+!!! note
+    You might need to set
+    [`--tx-pool-limit-by-account-percentage`](../../public-networks/reference/cli/options.md#tx-pool-limit-by-account-percentage)
+    to 1.
+    The default value is suitable for Mainnet, but may cause issues on private networks.
diff --git a/docs/public-networks/reference/cli/options.md b/docs/public-networks/reference/cli/options.md
index 55004341108..e57d9f75d3b 100644
--- a/docs/public-networks/reference/cli/options.md
+++ b/docs/public-networks/reference/cli/options.md
@@ -3331,34 +3331,42 @@ Use the [`miner_changeTargetGasLimit`](../api/index.md#miner_changetargetgaslimi
 the `target-gas-limit` while Besu is running. Alternatively restart Besu with an updated
 `target-gas-limit` value.
 
-### `tx-pool-future-max-by-account`
+### `tx-pool-limit-by-account-percentage`
 
 === "Syntax"
 
     ```bash
-    --tx-pool-future-max-by-account=<INTEGER>
+    --tx-pool-limit-by-account-percentage=<DOUBLE>
     ```
 
 === "Example"
 
     ```bash
-    --tx-pool-future-max-by-account=100
+    --tx-pool-limit-by-account-percentage=0.1
     ```
 
 === "Environment variable"
 
     ```bash
-    BESU_TX_POOL_FUTURE_MAX_BY_ACCOUNT=100
+    BESU_TX_POOL_LIMIT_BY_ACCOUNT_PERCENTAGE=0.1
     ```
 
 === "Configuration file"
 
     ```bash
-    tx-pool-future-max-by-account="100"
+    tx-pool-limit-by-account-percentage=0.4
     ```
 
-The maximum number of future transactions kept in the transaction pool, per account.
-The default is 64.
+The maximum percentage of future transactions kept in the transaction pool, per account.
+Accepted values are in the range (0–1].
+The default is .001 or 0.1% of transactions from a single account to be kept in the pool.
+
+!!! warning
+    The default value is often unsuitable for [private networks](../../../private-networks/index.md).
+    This feature mitigates future-nonce transactions from filling the pool without ever being
+    executable by Besu.
+    This is important for Mainnet, but may cause issues on private networks.
+    Please update this value or set to 1 if you know the nodes gossiping transactions in your network.
 
 ### `tx-pool-max-size`