diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4ea36a781c..2fc7b778b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 devel
 -----
 
+* ui: graph vertex collections not restricted to 10 anymore
+
+* fixed docs for issue #2968
+
 * fixed issue #2835: UI detection of JWT token in case of server restart or upgrade
 
 * upgrade jemalloc version to 5.0.1
diff --git a/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/graphManagementView.js b/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/graphManagementView.js
index 378e6352de..541b861835 100644
--- a/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/graphManagementView.js
+++ b/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/graphManagementView.js
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@
               true,
               false,
               false,
-              10,
+              null,
               collList.sort(sorter)
             )
           );
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@
               true,
               false,
               false,
-              10,
+              null,
               collList.sort(sorter)
             )
           );
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
           false,
           false,
           false,
-          10,
+          null,
           collList.sort(sorter)
         )
       );
@@ -1035,15 +1035,15 @@
           tags: collList,
           showSearchBox: false,
           minimumResultsForSearch: -1,
-          width: '336px',
-          maximumSelectionSize: 10
+          width: '336px'
+          // maximumSelectionSize: 10
         });
         $('#toCollections' + this.counter).select2({
           tags: collList,
           showSearchBox: false,
           minimumResultsForSearch: -1,
-          width: '336px',
-          maximumSelectionSize: 10
+          width: '336px'
+          // maximumSelectionSize: 10
         });
         window.modalView.undelegateEvents();
         window.modalView.delegateEvents(this.events);
diff --git a/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/modalView.js b/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/modalView.js
index 1028482ffd..ce99684636 100644
--- a/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/modalView.js
+++ b/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/modalView.js
@@ -375,13 +375,19 @@
         self.modalBindValidation(row);
         if (row.type === self.tables.SELECT2) {
           // handle select2
-          $('#' + row.id).select2({
+
+          var options = {
             tags: row.tags || [],
             showSearchBox: false,
             minimumResultsForSearch: -1,
-            width: '336px',
-            maximumSelectionSize: row.maxEntrySize || 8
-          });
+            width: '336px'
+          };
+
+          if (row.maxEntrySize) {
+            options.maximumSelectionSize = row.maxEntrySize;
+          }
+
+          $('#' + row.id).select2(options);
         }
       });