diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3aecd3de..13826fa8d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-	* Added supybot.reply.truncate, to turn off the normal more'ing
-	of replies.
+	* Added supybot.reply.maximumMores, to give users the ability to
+	set the maximum number of "more" chunks replies will generate.
+	
+	* Added supybot.reply.truncate, to turn off the normal chunking
+	of replies that later can be retrieved with the more command.
+	Setting this variable to On means that no chunks will ever be
+	created.
 	
 	* Added supybot.plugins.Enforcer.takeRevengeOnOps, which makes
 	the bot even take revenge on #channel,ops who try to violate the
diff --git a/src/callbacks.py b/src/callbacks.py
index cf8f477a4..0eac719f7 100644
--- a/src/callbacks.py
+++ b/src/callbacks.py
@@ -567,9 +567,11 @@ class IrcObjectProxy(RichReplyMethods):
             else:
                 s = ircutils.safeArgument(s)
                 allowedLength = 450 - len(self.irc.prefix)
-                if len(s) > allowedLength*50:
-                    log.warning('Cowardly refusing to "more" %s bytes.'%len(s))
-                    s = s[:allowedLength*50]
+                maximumLength = allowedLength*conf.supybot.reply.maximumMores()
+                if len(s) > maximumLength:
+                    log.warning('Truncating to %s bytes from %s bytes',
+                                maximumLength, len(s))
+                    s = s[:maximumLength]
                 if len(s) < allowedLength or conf.supybot.reply.truncate():
                     s = s[:allowedLength+20] # In case we're truncating.
                     self.irc.queueMsg(reply(msg, s, self.prefixName,
diff --git a/src/conf.py b/src/conf.py
index b93f85d15..420bee759 100644
--- a/src/conf.py
+++ b/src/conf.py
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ supybot.register('reply')
 supybot.reply.register('truncate', registry.Boolean(False, """Determines
 whether the bot will simply truncate messages instead of breaking up long
 messages and using the 'more' command to get the remaining chunks."""))
+supybot.reply.register('maximumMores', registry.PositiveInteger(50, """
+Determines what the maximum number of chunks (for use with the 'more' command)
+will be."""))
 
 supybot.reply.register('oneToOne', registry.Boolean(True, """Determines whether
 the bot will send multi-message replies in a single messsage or in multiple