diff --git a/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging b/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
index 937a90d5cd..9a087d08d5 100644
--- a/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
+++ b/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@
 
 ## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your
 ## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must
-## be at least 20 KB.
+## be at least 20 kilobytes
 ## Note that units for these config options are bytes per second, not bits
 ## per second, and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10, 2^20, etc.
-#RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB  # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
-#RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps)
+#RelayBandwidthRate 100 KBytes  # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
+#RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KBytes # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps)
 
 ## Use these to restrict the maximum traffic per day, week, or month.
 ## Note that this threshold applies separately to sent and received bytes,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 ## hibernating.
 ##
 ## Set a maximum of 4 gigabytes each way per period.
-#AccountingMax 4 GB
+#AccountingMax 4 GBytes
 ## Each period starts daily at midnight (AccountingMax is per day)
 #AccountingStart day 00:00
 ## Each period starts on the 3rd of the month at 15:00 (AccountingMax
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in
index 937a90d5cd..0992a52300 100644
--- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in
+++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
 ## be at least 20 KB.
 ## Note that units for these config options are bytes per second, not bits
 ## per second, and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10, 2^20, etc.
-#RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB  # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
-#RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps)
+#RelayBandwidthRate 100 KBytes  # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
+#RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KBytes # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps)
 
 ## Use these to restrict the maximum traffic per day, week, or month.
 ## Note that this threshold applies separately to sent and received bytes,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 ## hibernating.
 ##
 ## Set a maximum of 4 gigabytes each way per period.
-#AccountingMax 4 GB
+#AccountingMax 4 GBytes
 ## Each period starts daily at midnight (AccountingMax is per day)
 #AccountingStart day 00:00
 ## Each period starts on the 3rd of the month at 15:00 (AccountingMax