diff --git a/doc/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md b/doc/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md
index 7847930366ad5d876e3e8e56cec935453017131d..323a2efce76dda8e565968eb1ba473342d8fc060 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ To clean up a repository:
 1. Upload a list of objects. For example, a `commit-map` file created by `git filter-repo` which is located in the
    `filter-repo` directory.
 
-   If your `commit-map` file is larger than 10MB, the file can be split and uploaded piece by piece:
+   If your `commit-map` file is larger than about 250KB or 3000 lines, the file can be split and uploaded piece by piece:
 
    ```shell
-   split -l 100000 filter-repo/commit-map filter-repo/commit-map-
+   split -l 3000 filter-repo/commit-map filter-repo/commit-map-
    ```
 
 1. Click **Start cleanup**.