diff --git a/app/pdb/plug-in-compat-cmds.c b/app/pdb/plug-in-compat-cmds.c
index b8a7585c5b..52fa5f8de4 100644
--- a/app/pdb/plug-in-compat-cmds.c
+++ b/app/pdb/plug-in-compat-cmds.c
@@ -9103,13 +9103,13 @@ register_plug_in_compat_procs (GimpPDB *pdb)
                                g_param_spec_double ("spread-amount-x",
                                                     "spread amount x",
                                                     "Horizontal spread amount",
-                                                    0, 200, 0,
+                                                    0, 512, 0,
                                                     GIMP_PARAM_READWRITE));
   gimp_procedure_add_argument (procedure,
                                g_param_spec_double ("spread-amount-y",
                                                     "spread amount y",
                                                     "Vertical spread amount",
-                                                    0, 200, 0,
+                                                    0, 512, 0,
                                                     GIMP_PARAM_READWRITE));
   gimp_pdb_register_procedure (pdb, procedure);
   g_object_unref (procedure);
diff --git a/pdb/groups/plug_in_compat.pdb b/pdb/groups/plug_in_compat.pdb
index 5596d41ee2..a59b17d5ce 100644
--- a/pdb/groups/plug_in_compat.pdb
+++ b/pdb/groups/plug_in_compat.pdb
@@ -4449,9 +4449,9 @@ HELP
 	  desc => 'Input image (unused)' },
 	{ name => 'drawable', type => 'drawable',
 	  desc => 'Input drawable' },
-	{ name => 'spread_amount_x', type => '0 <= float <= 200',
+	{ name => 'spread_amount_x', type => '0 <= float <= 512',
 	  desc => 'Horizontal spread amount' },
-	{ name => 'spread_amount_y', type => '0 <= float <= 200',
+	{ name => 'spread_amount_y', type => '0 <= float <= 512',
 	  desc => 'Vertical spread amount' }
     );
 
diff --git a/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/distress-selection.scm b/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/distress-selection.scm
index 668db28603..26ea257094 100644
--- a/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/distress-selection.scm
+++ b/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/distress-selection.scm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
   SF-IMAGE       "The image"              0
   SF-DRAWABLE    "The layer"              0
   SF-ADJUSTMENT _"_Threshold (bigger 1<-->254 smaller)" '(127 1 254 1 10 0 0)
-  SF-ADJUSTMENT _"_Spread"                 '(8 0 1000 1 10 0 1)
+  SF-ADJUSTMENT _"_Spread"                 '(8 0 512 1 10 0 1)
   SF-ADJUSTMENT _"_Granularity (1 is low)" '(4 1 25 1 10 0 1)
   SF-ADJUSTMENT _"S_mooth"                 '(2 1 150 1 10 0 1)
   SF-TOGGLE     _"Smooth hor_izontally"    TRUE