diff --git a/etc/account-server.conf-sample b/etc/account-server.conf-sample
index d7cbf2d656..38e650113d 100644
--- a/etc/account-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/account-server.conf-sample
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 # bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
 # bind_port = 6002
+# backlog = 4096
 # workers = 1
 # user = swift
 # swift_dir = /etc/swift
diff --git a/etc/container-server.conf-sample b/etc/container-server.conf-sample
index e17ccd30be..2dce3252f9 100644
--- a/etc/container-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/container-server.conf-sample
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 # bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
 # bind_port = 6001
+# backlog = 4096
 # workers = 1
 # user = swift
 # swift_dir = /etc/swift
diff --git a/etc/object-server.conf-sample b/etc/object-server.conf-sample
index a72ef879d7..c78ca2de5e 100644
--- a/etc/object-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/object-server.conf-sample
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 # bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
 # bind_port = 6000
+# backlog = 4096
 # workers = 1
 # user = swift
 # swift_dir = /etc/swift
diff --git a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
index 21a24ecaaa..01da69a555 100644
--- a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 # bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
 # bind_port = 80
+# backlog = 4096
 # swift_dir = /etc/swift
 # workers = 1
 # user = swift