diff --git a/docs/querying/api.md b/docs/querying/api.md
index b377c6174e..4804443343 100644
--- a/docs/querying/api.md
+++ b/docs/querying/api.md
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ GET /api/v1/status/tsdb
 ```
 URL query parameters:
 
-- `limit=<number>`: Limit the number of returned items to a given number for each set of statistics. By default, 10 items are returned.
+- `limit=<number>`: Limit the number of returned items to a given number for each set of statistics. By default, 10 items are returned. The maximum allowed limit is 10000.
 
 The `data` section of the query result consists of:
 
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index 86c0461087..fd3652f4e4 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -1837,12 +1837,16 @@ func (api *API) serveTSDBBlocks(*http.Request) apiFuncResult {
 }
 
 func (api *API) serveTSDBStatus(r *http.Request) apiFuncResult {
+	const maxTSDBLimit = 10000
 	limit := 10
 	if s := r.FormValue("limit"); s != "" {
 		var err error
 		if limit, err = strconv.Atoi(s); err != nil || limit < 1 {
 			return apiFuncResult{nil, &apiError{errorBadData, errors.New("limit must be a positive number")}, nil, nil}
 		}
+		if limit > maxTSDBLimit {
+			return apiFuncResult{nil, &apiError{errorBadData, fmt.Errorf("limit must not exceed %d", maxTSDBLimit)}, nil, nil}
+		}
 	}
 	s, err := api.db.Stats(labels.MetricName, limit)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api_test.go b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
index 8e0adc0802..83e8618630 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
@@ -4465,6 +4465,18 @@ func TestTSDBStatus(t *testing.T) {
 			values:   map[string][]string{"limit": {"0"}},
 			errType:  errorBadData,
 		},
+		{
+			db:       tsdb,
+			endpoint: tsdbStatusAPI,
+			values:   map[string][]string{"limit": {"10000"}},
+			errType:  errorNone,
+		},
+		{
+			db:       tsdb,
+			endpoint: tsdbStatusAPI,
+			values:   map[string][]string{"limit": {"10001"}},
+			errType:  errorBadData,
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(strconv.Itoa(i), func(t *testing.T) {
 			api := &API{db: tc.db, gatherer: prometheus.DefaultGatherer}