diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c5f9fb8fa8e56..cc0a5edddc83a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@ uint64_t nPruneTarget = 0;
 bool fAlerts = DEFAULT_ALERTS;
 bool fEnableReplacement = DEFAULT_ENABLE_REPLACEMENT;
 
-/** Fees smaller than this (in duffs) are considered zero fee (for relaying, mining and transaction creation)
- * We are ~100 times smaller then bitcoin now (2015-06-23), set minRelayTxFee only 10 times higher
- * so it's still 10 times lower comparing to bitcoin.
- */
+/** Fees smaller than this (in duffs) are considered zero fee (for relaying, mining and transaction creation) */
 CFeeRate minRelayTxFee = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE);
 
 CTxMemPool mempool(::minRelayTxFee);
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index b3defa84ebcf1..566877131818a 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -47,8 +47,11 @@ static const bool DEFAULT_ALERTS = true;
 static const bool DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY = true;
 /** Default for DEFAULT_WHITELISTFORCERELAY. */
 static const bool DEFAULT_WHITELISTFORCERELAY = true;
-/** Default for -minrelaytxfee, minimum relay fee for transactions */
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE = 10000;
+/** Default for -minrelaytxfee, minimum relay fee for transactions
+ * We are ~100 times smaller then bitcoin now (2016-03-01), set minRelayTxFee only 10 times higher
+ * so it's still 10 times lower comparing to bitcoin.
+ */
+static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE = 10000; // was 1000
 /** Default for -maxorphantx, maximum number of orphan transactions kept in memory */
 static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS = 100;
 /** Default for -limitancestorcount, max number of in-mempool ancestors */
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 151bbe66fb078..ca0a63a65f811 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ bool fSendFreeTransactions = DEFAULT_SEND_FREE_TRANSACTIONS;
 
 /** 
  * Fees smaller than this (in duffs) are considered zero fee (for transaction creation)
- * We are ~100 times smaller then bitcoin now (2015-06-23), set minTxFee 10 times higher
- * so it's still 10 times lower comparing to bitcoin.
  * Override with -mintxfee
  */
 CFeeRate CWallet::minTxFee = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MINFEE);
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 8155bdbafe96a..05bb9944eba43 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ static const CAmount nHighTransactionFeeWarning = 0.01 * COIN;
 //! -fallbackfee default
 static const CAmount DEFAULT_FALLBACK_FEE = 20000;
 //! -mintxfee default
-static const CAmount DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MINFEE = 1000;
+/**
+ * We are ~100 times smaller then bitcoin now (2016-03-01), set minTxFee 10 times higher
+ * so it's still 10 times lower comparing to bitcoin.
+ */
+static const CAmount DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MINFEE = 10000; // was 1000
 //! -maxtxfee default
 static const CAmount DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MAXFEE = 0.1 * COIN;
 //! minimum change amount