diff --git a/changes/bug20085 b/changes/bug20085
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd10e7eeeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug20085
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Documentation:
+    - Correct the minimum bandwidth value in torrc.sample, and queue a
+      corresponding change for torrc.minimal. Closes ticket 20085.
+
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging b/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
index 5fa37c18f0..c537c51f9b 100644
--- a/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
+++ b/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
 ## 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 kilobytes per second.
+## be at least 75 kilobytes per second.
 ## 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.
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in
index d4dfd5f6bb..5328206da9 100644
--- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in
+++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 ## 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 kilobytes per second.
+## be at least 75 kilobytes per second.
 ## 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.