diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/trielog/TrieLogPruner.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/trielog/TrieLogPruner.java
index 6f347be0334..2f48fba2c25 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/trielog/TrieLogPruner.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/trielog/TrieLogPruner.java
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ private int preloadQueue() {
         .setMessage("Loading first {} trie logs from database...")
         .addArgument(loadingLimit)
         .log();
+    LOG.atInfo()
+        .setMessage(
+            "If trie log loading takes a long time, consider using `besu storage trie-log prune` subcommand, see https://besu.hyperledger.org/public-networks/how-to/bonsai-limit-trie-logs")
+        .log();
     try (final Stream<byte[]> trieLogKeys = rootWorldStateStorage.streamTrieLogKeys(loadingLimit)) {
       final AtomicLong count = new AtomicLong();
       final AtomicLong orphansPruned = new AtomicLong();
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/DataStorageConfiguration.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/DataStorageConfiguration.java
index 646e67d2da5..d528dadbd4c 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/DataStorageConfiguration.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/DataStorageConfiguration.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public interface DataStorageConfiguration {
   long DEFAULT_BONSAI_MAX_LAYERS_TO_LOAD = 512;
   boolean DEFAULT_BONSAI_LIMIT_TRIE_LOGS_ENABLED = true;
   long MINIMUM_BONSAI_TRIE_LOG_RETENTION_LIMIT = DEFAULT_BONSAI_MAX_LAYERS_TO_LOAD;
-  int DEFAULT_BONSAI_TRIE_LOG_PRUNING_WINDOW_SIZE = 30_000;
+  int DEFAULT_BONSAI_TRIE_LOG_PRUNING_WINDOW_SIZE = 5_000;
   boolean DEFAULT_RECEIPT_COMPACTION_ENABLED = false;
 
   DataStorageConfiguration DEFAULT_CONFIG =