diff --git a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
index 3e41f00651..031a31f28c 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan sendrawtransaction()
             {"hexstring", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The hex string of the raw transaction"},
             {"maxfeerate", RPCArg::Type::AMOUNT, RPCArg::Default{FormatMoney(DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE_RATE.GetFeePerK())},
              "Reject transactions whose fee rate is higher than the specified value, expressed in " + CURRENCY_UNIT +
-                 "/kvB.\nFee rates larger than 1BTC/kvB are rejected.\nSet to 0 to accept any fee rate."},
+                 "/kvB.\nFee rates larger than 10QTUM/kvB are rejected.\nSet to 0 to accept any fee rate."},
             {"maxburnamount", RPCArg::Type::AMOUNT, RPCArg::Default{FormatMoney(0)},
              "Reject transactions with provably unspendable outputs (e.g. 'datacarrier' outputs that use the OP_RETURN opcode) greater than the specified value, expressed in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + ".\n"
              "If burning funds through unspendable outputs is desired, increase this value.\n"
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan testmempoolaccept()
             },
             {"maxfeerate", RPCArg::Type::AMOUNT, RPCArg::Default{FormatMoney(DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE_RATE.GetFeePerK())},
              "Reject transactions whose fee rate is higher than the specified value, expressed in " + CURRENCY_UNIT +
-                 "/kvB.\nFee rates larger than 1BTC/kvB are rejected.\nSet to 0 to accept any fee rate."},
+                 "/kvB.\nFee rates larger than 10QTUM/kvB are rejected.\nSet to 0 to accept any fee rate."},
         },
         RPCResult{
             RPCResult::Type::ARR, "", "The result of the mempool acceptance test for each raw transaction in the input array.\n"
diff --git a/src/rpc/util.cpp b/src/rpc/util.cpp
index 5b24b06f80..afa0ff2028 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ CAmount AmountFromValue(const UniValue& value, int decimals)
 CFeeRate ParseFeeRate(const UniValue& json)
 {
     CAmount val{AmountFromValue(json)};
-    if (val >= COIN) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Fee rates larger than or equal to 1BTC/kvB are not accepted");
+    // MAX(val) / DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE_RATE = 10, preserve the proportion
+    if (val >= 10 * COIN) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Fee rates larger than or equal to 10QTUM/kvB are not accepted");
     return CFeeRate{val};
 }