diff --git a/apps/app_amd.c b/apps/app_amd.c
index 597aac39ce..a849aad93b 100644
--- a/apps/app_amd.c
+++ b/apps/app_amd.c
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 						Voice Duration - Greeting.
 					</value>
 					<value name="MAXWORDLENGTH">
+						Word Length - max length of a single word.
+					</value>
+					<value name="MAXWORDS">
 						Word Count - maximum number of words.
 					</value>	
 				</variable>
diff --git a/configs/amd.conf.sample b/configs/amd.conf.sample
index ce4808a0ca..c4a5907c53 100644
--- a/configs/amd.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/amd.conf.sample
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ between_words_silence = 50	; Minimum duration of silence after a word to conside
 				; the audio what follows as a new word
 maximum_number_of_words = 3	; Maximum number of words in the greeting.
 				; If exceeded then MACHINE
+maximum_word_length = 5000  ; Maximum duration of a single Voice utterance allowed.
 silence_threshold = 256