diff --git a/mesh.options b/mesh.options
index c1a36e6e8f..ae00066b20 100644
--- a/mesh.options
+++ b/mesh.options
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 *RouteDiscovery.route max_count:8
 
-# FIXME, max out based on total Data size And do fragmentation and reassembly (for larger payloads) at the Android layer, not the esp32 layer.
-# note: this payload length is ONLY the bytes that are sent inside of the radiohead packet. The 16 byte header is outside of this envelope
+# note: this payload length is ONLY the bytes that are sent inside of the Data protobuf (excluding protobuf overhead). The 16 byte header is
+# outside of this envelope
 *Data.payload max_size:237
 
 # Big enough for 1.2.28.568032c-d
diff --git a/mesh.proto b/mesh.proto
index b677237714..ef0fdbe611 100644
--- a/mesh.proto
+++ b/mesh.proto
@@ -527,10 +527,10 @@ enum Constants {
   
   /*
    * From mesh.options
-   * note: this payload length is ONLY the bytes that are sent inside of the radiohead packet
-   * Data.payload max_size:240
+   * note: this payload length is ONLY the bytes that are sent inside of the Data protobuf (excluding protobuf overhead). The 16 byte header is
+   * outside of this envelope
    */
-  DATA_PAYLOAD_LEN = 240;
+  DATA_PAYLOAD_LEN = 237;
 }
 
 /*