diff --git a/docs/content/Broker-Config.md b/docs/content/Broker-Config.md
index 815173b4c36..7b49e25baf9 100644
--- a/docs/content/Broker-Config.md
+++ b/docs/content/Broker-Config.md
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ druid.service=broker
 druid.port=8080
 
 druid.zk.service.host=localhost
+
+# Change these to make Druid faster
+druid.processing.buffer.sizeBytes=100000000
+druid.processing.numThreads=1
+
 ```
 
 Production Configs
diff --git a/examples/config/broker/runtime.properties b/examples/config/broker/runtime.properties
index a3cfdf335d3..8afae982654 100644
--- a/examples/config/broker/runtime.properties
+++ b/examples/config/broker/runtime.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ druid.host=localhost
 druid.service=broker
 druid.port=8080
 
-druid.zk.service.host=localhost
\ No newline at end of file
+druid.zk.service.host=localhost
+
+# Change these to make Druid faster
+druid.processing.buffer.sizeBytes=100000000
+druid.processing.numThreads=1