diff --git a/apps/app_amd.c b/apps/app_amd.c
index b8f4e9b28e1b684ee55be1504b4d586e3b95e2bc..68d100858a3fe4d4413822dfb49e8a37b0e7acaf 100644
--- a/apps/app_amd.c
+++ b/apps/app_amd.c
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 						Voice Duration - Greeting.
 					</value>
 					<value name="MAXWORDLENGTH">
+						Word Length - max length of a single word.
+					</value>
+					<value name="MAXWORDS">
 						Word Count - maximum number of words.
 					</value>	
 				</variable>
diff --git a/configs/samples/amd.conf.sample b/configs/samples/amd.conf.sample
index ce4808a0ca3f73d3f38f42024213aa61d4c08249..d7323ecf225b3c35219584de18d3c78273382c26 100644
--- a/configs/samples/amd.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/samples/amd.conf.sample
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ between_words_silence = 50	; Minimum duration of silence after a word to conside
 				; the audio what follows as a new word
 maximum_number_of_words = 3	; Maximum number of words in the greeting.
 				; If exceeded then MACHINE
+maximum_word_length = 5000      ; Maximum duration of a single Voice utterance allowed.
 silence_threshold = 256