diff --git a/internal/backend/azure/config.go b/internal/backend/azure/config.go
index 66f0125e4..682356b01 100644
--- a/internal/backend/azure/config.go
+++ b/internal/backend/azure/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Container   string
 	Prefix      string
 
-	Connections uint `option:"connections" help:"set a limit for the number of concurrent connections (default: 20)"`
+	Connections uint `option:"connections" help:"set a limit for the number of concurrent connections (default: 5)"`
 }
 
 // NewConfig returns a new Config with the default values filled in.
diff --git a/internal/backend/gs/config.go b/internal/backend/gs/config.go
index 026ef3dfd..bd152d775 100644
--- a/internal/backend/gs/config.go
+++ b/internal/backend/gs/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Bucket    string
 	Prefix    string
 
-	Connections uint `option:"connections" help:"set a limit for the number of concurrent connections (default: 20)"`
+	Connections uint `option:"connections" help:"set a limit for the number of concurrent connections (default: 5)"`
 }
 
 // NewConfig returns a new Config with the default values filled in.