diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index efb2bf8d8..c62f037ac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Changes in version 0.2.0.22-rc - 2008-03-??
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - If we set RelayBandwidthRate and RelayBandwidthBurst very high but
+      left BandwidthRate and BandwidthBurst at the default, we would be
+      silently limited by those defaults. Now raise them to match the
+      RelayBandwidth* values.
+
+
 Changes in version 0.2.0.21-rc - 2008-03-02
   o Major bugfixes:
     - The control port should declare that it requires password auth
diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/125-bridges.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/125-bridges.txt
index 34c10d29d..c6809a8e3 100644
--- a/doc/spec/proposals/125-bridges.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/proposals/125-bridges.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Status: Finished
   can supply their bridge users with cached copies of all the various
   Tor network information.
 
-  As for Tor 0.2.0.13-alpha, bridges will answer begin_dir questions
+  As of Tor 0.2.0.13-alpha, bridges will answer begin_dir questions
   (and cache dir info they see so the answers will be more useful)
   whether their DirPort is enabled or not. (After all, we don't care if
   they have an open or reachable DirPort to answer begin_dir questions.)
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 0e21c596c..94197ec45 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -3117,6 +3117,13 @@ options_validate(or_options_t *old_options, or_options_t *options,
   if (options->BandwidthRate > options->BandwidthBurst)
     REJECT("BandwidthBurst must be at least equal to BandwidthRate.");
 
+  /* if they set relaybandwidth* really high but left bandwidth*
+   * at the default, raise the defaults. */
+  if (options->RelayBandwidthRate > options->BandwidthRate)
+    options->BandwidthRate = options->RelayBandwidthRate;
+  if (options->RelayBandwidthBurst > options->BandwidthBurst)
+    options->BandwidthBurst = options->RelayBandwidthBurst;
+
   if (accounting_parse_options(options, 1)<0)
     REJECT("Failed to parse accounting options. See logs for details.");