# limit
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 Use `limit` to specify the number of log events that you want your query to return. If you omit `limit`, the query defaults to returning up to 10,000 log events. You can specify a `limit` value of up to 100,000. 

For example, the following example returns only the 25 most recent log events

```
fields @timestamp, @message | sort @timestamp desc | limit 25
```