From d8a5d96b981bf6e1c5a61fde18acaeed0fb89f7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: frob <rick+github@frob.com.au>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:02:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH to FAQ. (#9545)

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 docs/faq.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Please refer to the [GPU docs](./gpu.md).
 
 ## How can I specify the context window size?
 
-By default, Ollama uses a context window size of 2048 tokens.
+By default, Ollama uses a context window size of 2048 tokens. This can be overridden with the `OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH` environment variable. For example, to set the default context length to 8K, use: `OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH=8192 ollama serve`.
 
 To change this when using `ollama run`, use `/set parameter`: