diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index bd438ec..4ebb8be 100644
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const db = await orbitdb.keyvalue('profile')
 - [OrbitDB.parseAddress(address)](#parseaddressaddress)
 
 **[Store API](#store)**
-- [store.load()](#storeload)
+- [store.load()](#storeloadamount)
 - [store.close()](#storeclose)
 - [store.drop()](#storedrop)
 - [store.key](#storekey)
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ OrbitDB.parseAddress('/orbitdb/Qmdgwt7w4uBsw8LXduzCd18zfGXeTmBsiR8edQ1hSfzcJC/fi
 
 Every database (store) has the following methods available in addition to their specific methods.
 
-#### store.load()
+#### store.load([amount])
 
-Load the locally persisted database state to memory.
+Load the locally persisted database state to memory. Use the optional `amount` argument to limit the number of entries loaded into memory, starting from the head(s) (Default: `-1` will load all entries)
 
 With events:
 ```javascript
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8f7f6d..1fffb6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ After creating an `OrbitDB` instance , you can access the different data stores.
 - [OrbitDB.parseAddress(address)](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/blob/master/API.md#parseaddressaddress)
 
 **[Store API](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/blob/master/API.md#store)**
-- [load()](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/blob/master/API.md#storeload)
+- [load()](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/blob/master/API.md#storeloadamount)
 - [close()](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/blob/master/API.md#storeclose)
 - [drop()](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/blob/master/API.md#storedrop)
 - [key](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/blob/master/API.md#storekey)