diff --git a/irc/socket.go b/irc/socket.go
index e4e4806d..95952c40 100644
--- a/irc/socket.go
+++ b/irc/socket.go
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ func (socket *Socket) RunSocketWriter() {
 			}
 			if socket.MaxSendQBytes < sendQBytes {
 				socket.conn.Write([]byte("\r\nERROR :SendQ Exceeded\r\n"))
+				fmt.Println("SendQ exceeded, disconnected client")
 				break
 			}
 
diff --git a/oragono.yaml b/oragono.yaml
index 5d8cbf7f..f176d1e0 100644
--- a/oragono.yaml
+++ b/oragono.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ server:
     motd: oragono.motd
 
     # maximum length of clients' sendQ in bytes
+    # this should be big enough to hold /LIST and HELP replies
     max-sendq: 16k
 
     # maximum number of connections per subnet