Index: src/couchdb/couch_rep_reader.erl
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--- src/couchdb/couch_rep_reader.erl	(revision 1177549)
+++ src/couchdb/couch_rep_reader.erl	(working copy)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
     hd(State#state.opened_seqs).
 
 split_revlist(Rev, {[CurrentAcc|Rest], BaseLength, Length}) ->
-    case Length+size(Rev)+3 > 8192 of
+    case Length+size(Rev)+3 > 8000 of
     false ->
         {[[Rev|CurrentAcc] | Rest], BaseLength, Length+size(Rev)+3};
     true ->