diff --git a/docs/site-example/site.conf b/docs/site-example/site.conf
index 1580d90141d1d2869d39324412e9a535ed73f0cb..a0e95ebd1503f3e728fc18f515da1ed7989ab930 100644
--- a/docs/site-example/site.conf
+++ b/docs/site-example/site.conf
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     groups = {
       backbone = {
         -- Limit number of connected peers to reduce bandwidth.
-        limit = 2,
+        limit = 1,
 
         -- List of peers.
         peers = {
diff --git a/docs/user/site.rst b/docs/user/site.rst
index 055d43bafa659b910c2fdf372e8ae9ffec62d04e..76cecd6b44c5b5f2eeea7ea18cf097bfab0778fe 100644
--- a/docs/user/site.rst
+++ b/docs/user/site.rst
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ fastd_mesh_vpn
         mtu = 1426,
         groups = {
           backbone = {
-            limit = 2,
+            limit = 1,
             peers = {
               peer1 = {
                 key = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',