diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
index 3fcb71ac3..7ea3691fa 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ export class VideoUploadComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, OnDestroy
     const videofile = this.videofileInput.nativeElement.files[0]
     if (!videofile) return
 
-    // Cannot upload videos > 8GB for now
-    if (videofile.size > 8 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
-      this.notificationsService.error(this.i18n('Error'), this.i18n('We are sorry but PeerTube cannot handle videos > 8GB'))
-      return
-    }
-
     const bytePipes = new BytesPipe()
     const videoQuota = this.authService.getUser().videoQuota
     if (videoQuota !== -1 && (this.userVideoQuotaUsed + videofile.size) > videoQuota) {
diff --git a/support/nginx/peertube b/support/nginx/peertube
index e0b006088..914ca3741 100644
--- a/support/nginx/peertube
+++ b/support/nginx/peertube
@@ -96,8 +96,18 @@ server {
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 
-    # Hard limit, PeerTube does not support videos > 8GB
+    # This is the maximum upload size, which roughly matches the maximum size of a video file
+    # you can send via the API or the web interface. By default this is 8GB, but administrators
+    # can increase or decrease the limit. Currently there's no way to communicate this limit
+    # to users automatically, so you may want to leave a note in your instance 'about' page if
+    # you change this.
+    #
+    # Note that temporary space is needed equal to the total size of all concurrent uploads.
+    # This data gets stored in /var/lib/nginx by default, so you may want to put this directory
+    # on a dedicated filesystem.
+    #
     client_max_body_size 8G;
+
     proxy_connect_timeout       600;
     proxy_send_timeout          600;
     proxy_read_timeout          600;