diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 700b568..94a14e6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 1.8.13.dev0
- * #886: Fix PagerDuty hook traceback with Python < 3.10.
+ * #886: Fix a PagerDuty hook traceback with Python < 3.10.
+ * #889: Fix the Healthchecks ping body size limit, restoring it to the documented 100,000 bytes.
 
 1.8.12
  * #817: Add a "--max-duration" flag to the "check" action and a "max_duration" option to the
diff --git a/borgmatic/hooks/healthchecks.py b/borgmatic/hooks/healthchecks.py
index f7daf67..73d4eec 100644
--- a/borgmatic/hooks/healthchecks.py
+++ b/borgmatic/hooks/healthchecks.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MONITOR_STATE_TO_HEALTHCHECKS = {
     monitor.State.LOG: 'log',
 }
 
-DEFAULT_PING_BODY_LIMIT_BYTES = 1500
+DEFAULT_PING_BODY_LIMIT_BYTES = 100000
 HANDLER_IDENTIFIER = 'healthchecks'
 
 
diff --git a/docs/how-to/develop-on-borgmatic.md b/docs/how-to/develop-on-borgmatic.md
index 327038a..71db8bb 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/develop-on-borgmatic.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/develop-on-borgmatic.md
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ and depend on containers for runtime dependencies. These tests do run on the
 continuous integration (CI) server, and running them on your developer machine
 is the closest thing to dev-CI parity.
 
-If you would like to run the full test suite, first install Docker (or Podman;
-see below) and [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/).
-Then run:
+If you would like to run the end-to-end tests, first install Docker (or
+Podman; see below) and [Docker
+Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/). Then run:
 
 ```bash
 scripts/run-end-to-end-tests
@@ -152,12 +152,14 @@ the following deviations from it:
  * In general, spell out words in variable names instead of shortening them.
    So, think `index` instead of `idx`. There are some notable exceptions to
    this though (like `config`).
+ * Favor blank lines around `if` statements, `return`s, logical code groupings,
+   etc. Readability is more important than packing the code tightly.
 
 borgmatic code uses the [Black](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) code
 formatter, the [Flake8](http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/) code checker, and
 the [isort](https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort) import orderer, so
-certain code style requirements will be enforced when running automated tests.
-See the Black, Flake8, and isort documentation for more information.
+certain code style requirements are enforced when running automated tests. See
+the Black, Flake8, and isort documentation for more information.
 
 
 ## Continuous integration