diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
index 426a0bac00c1b5702aab85f60d36a288e00a2a96..38c44ef3619640c70d5247cdb97f3bd76b050d67 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
@@ -568,12 +568,12 @@ in the second step, do not supply the `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
 
    # Sets `max_replication_slots` to double the number of database nodes.
    # Patroni uses one extra slot per node when initiating the replication.
-   patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = 8
+   patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = 6
 
    # Set `max_wal_senders` to one more than the number of replication slots in the cluster.
    # This is used to prevent replication from using up all of the
    # available database connections.
-   patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = 9
+   patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = 7
 
    # Incoming recommended value for max connections is 500. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/5691.
    patroni['postgresql']['max_connections'] = 500
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
index f933be78b46e4fc9ca714fe84e17294e66ce63e9..02ab53ef7f3f2a37cc463f2b6ceaa9132468a538 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
@@ -570,12 +570,12 @@ in the second step, do not supply the `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
 
    # Sets `max_replication_slots` to double the number of database nodes.
    # Patroni uses one extra slot per node when initiating the replication.
-   patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = 8
+   patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = 6
 
    # Set `max_wal_senders` to one more than the number of replication slots in the cluster.
    # This is used to prevent replication from using up all of the
    # available database connections.
-   patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = 9
+   patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = 7
 
    # Incoming recommended value for max connections is 500. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/5691.
    patroni['postgresql']['max_connections'] = 500
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
index 0f953ae5c02faab2b351ee5cc1240d021ed31522..c99a96a370ada7be4452212ea3bc96ac31d2d964 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
@@ -577,12 +577,12 @@ in the second step, do not supply the `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
 
    # Sets `max_replication_slots` to double the number of database nodes.
    # Patroni uses one extra slot per node when initiating the replication.
-   patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = 8
+   patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = 6
 
    # Set `max_wal_senders` to one more than the number of replication slots in the cluster.
    # This is used to prevent replication from using up all of the
    # available database connections.
-   patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = 9
+   patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = 7
 
    # Incoming recommended value for max connections is 500. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/5691.
    patroni['postgresql']['max_connections'] = 500
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
index 44301cacc12fa4a6a3730d325b3f7cfe2561e710..6cb0dcd48fd1ddec6620e3111f89c0b6ec234725 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
@@ -841,12 +841,12 @@ in the second step, do not supply the `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
 
    # Sets `max_replication_slots` to double the number of database nodes.
    # Patroni uses one extra slot per node when initiating the replication.
-   patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = 8
+   patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = 6
 
    # Set `max_wal_senders` to one more than the number of replication slots in the cluster.
    # This is used to prevent replication from using up all of the
    # available database connections.
-   patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = 9
+   patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = 7
 
    # Incoming recommended value for max connections is 500. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/5691.
    patroni['postgresql']['max_connections'] = 500