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@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ shards.
 
       db._query("FOR i IN 1..100000 SORT i RETURN i", {}, { options: { memoryLimit: 100000 } });
 
+* added startup option --query.memory-limit
+
 * added convenience function to create vertex-centric indexes.
 Usage: `db.collection.ensureVertexCentricIndex("label", {type: "hash", direction: "outbound"})`
 That will create an index that can be used on OUTBOUND with filtering on the