diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 418686ca521c5920f5253d03b2836dfc7b4aef27..1b8a633d257bec8f50eb502d0484019ca803aa01 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ version 1.0.2  -- UNRELEASED
 	 . README.md: reorganize, reformat, and point to the examples
 	   configuration files.
 	 . INSTALL.md: recommend using packages on Debian and derivatives.
+	 . bandwidthlimit for the dup handler needs to be given in KB/s,
+	   and not (as wrongly advertised previously) in Kbit/s.
+	   (Closes: GitLab#7603)
 
 version 1.0.1 -- June 29, 2012
     handler changes
diff --git a/examples/example.dup b/examples/example.dup
index 9b60f770eee94dbb70e6da56102c1cf7a934f46a..bfeccc6e243f8e402452b45bf081a1162978b56e 100644
--- a/examples/example.dup
+++ b/examples/example.dup
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ exclude = /var/cache/backupninja/duplicity
 ## Default:
 # ftp_password = 
 
-## bandwith limit, in Kbit/s ; default is 0, i.e. no limit
+## bandwith limit, in KB/s ; default is 0, i.e. no limit
 ## if using 'desturl' above, 'bandwidthlimit' must not be set
-## an example setting of 128 Kbit/s would be:
+## an example setting of 128 KB/s would be:
 ## bandwidthlimit = 128
 ##
 ## Default:
diff --git a/handlers/dup.helper.in b/handlers/dup.helper.in
index a6050af788b9929d645c8e544eb326cfbbd80be3..7515623972edc24ef5e2b1df5479a2626da26070 100644
--- a/handlers/dup.helper.in
+++ b/handlers/dup.helper.in
@@ -500,9 +500,9 @@ keepincroffulls = $dup_keepincroffulls
 # FTP password, needed for backups using desturl = ftp://...
 #ftp_password = 
 
-# bandwith limit, in kbit/s ; default is 0, i.e. no limit
+# bandwith limit, in KB/s ; default is 0, i.e. no limit
 # if using 'desturl' above, 'bandwidthlimit' must not be set
-# an example setting of 128 Kbit/s would be:
+# an example setting of 128 KB/s would be:
 #bandwidthlimit = 128
 bandwidthlimit = $dup_bandwidth