diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index a236d2156..982bf1ca1 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ curl localhost:10101/index/repository -X POST
 ``` response
 {"success":true}
 ```
-The index name must be 64 characters or fewer, start with a letter, and consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters or `_-`. The same goes for field names.
+The index name must be 230 characters or fewer, start with a letter, and consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters or `_-`. The same goes for field names.
 
 Let's create the `stargazer` field which has user IDs of stargazers as its rows:
 ``` request
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Next, let's create the `repository` index:
 	repository := schema.Index("repository")
 ```
 
-The index name must be 64 characters or fewer, start with a letter, and consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters or `_-`. The same goes for field names.
+The index name must be 230 characters or fewer, start with a letter, and consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters or `_-`. The same goes for field names.
 
 Let's create the `stargazer` field which has user IDs of stargazers as its rows:
 ```
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ Next, let's create the `repository` index:
 ```
 	Index repository = schema.index("repository");
 ```
-The index name must be 64 characters or fewer, start with a letter, and consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters or `_-`. The same goes for field names.
+The index name must be 230 characters or fewer, start with a letter, and consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters or `_-`. The same goes for field names.
 
 Let's create the `stargazer` field which has user IDs of stargazers as its rows:
 ```
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ Next, let's create the `repository` index:
 ```
 repository = schema.index("repository")
 ```
-The index name must be 64 characters or fewer, start with a letter, and consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters or `_-`. The same goes for field names.
+The index name must be 230 characters or fewer, start with a letter, and consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters or `_-`. The same goes for field names.
 
 Let's create the `stargazer` field which has user IDs of stargazers as its rows:
 ```
diff --git a/docs/query-language.md b/docs/query-language.md
index 4413d95d7..527cad445 100644
--- a/docs/query-language.md
+++ b/docs/query-language.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ curl localhost:10101/index/repository/query \
 
 #### Arguments and Types
 
-* `field` The field specifies on which Pilosa [field](../glossary/#field) the query will operate. Valid field names are lower case strings; they start with a lowercase letter, and contain only alphanumeric characters and `_-`. They must be 64 characters or less in length.
+* `field` The field specifies on which Pilosa [field](../glossary/#field) the query will operate. Valid field names are lower case strings; they start with a lowercase letter, and contain only alphanumeric characters and `_-`. They must be 230 characters or less in length.
 * `TIMESTAMP` This is a timestamp in the following format `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM` (e.g. 2006-01-02T15:04).
 * `UINT` An unsigned integer (e.g. 42839).
 * `BOOL` A boolean value, `true` or `false`.
diff --git a/field_test.go b/field_test.go
index 398002ca2..40b64728a 100644
--- a/field_test.go
+++ b/field_test.go
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ func TestField_NameValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		"under_score",
 		"abc123",
 		"trailing_",
+		"charact2301234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890",
 	}
 	invalidFieldNames := []string{
 		"",
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ func TestField_NameValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		"abc def",
 		"camelCase",
 		"UPPERCASE",
-		"a12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345",
+		"charact23112345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901",
 	}
 
 	path, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "pilosa-field-")
diff --git a/pilosa.go b/pilosa.go
index 42ab3d3c1..61f3cde53 100644
--- a/pilosa.go
+++ b/pilosa.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidView      = errors.New("invalid view")
 	ErrInvalidCacheType = errors.New("invalid cache type")
 
-	ErrName  = errors.New("invalid index or field name, must match [a-z][a-z0-9_-]* and contain at most 64 characters")
+	ErrName  = errors.New("invalid index or field name, must match [a-z][a-z0-9_-]* and contain at most 230 characters")
 	ErrLabel = errors.New("invalid row or column label, must match [A-Za-z0-9_-]")
 
 	// ErrFragmentNotFound is returned when a fragment does not exist.
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func newNotFoundError(err error) NotFoundError {
 }
 
 // Regular expression to validate index and field names.
-var nameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-z][a-z0-9_-]{0,63}$`)
+var nameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-z][a-z0-9_-]{0,229}$`)
 
 // ColumnAttrSet represents a set of attributes for a vertical column in an index.
 // Can have a set of attributes attached to it.
diff --git a/pilosa_internal_test.go b/pilosa_internal_test.go
index 40e33ac4b..4abe89072 100644
--- a/pilosa_internal_test.go
+++ b/pilosa_internal_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 func TestValidateName(t *testing.T) {
 	names := []string{
 		"a", "ab", "ab1", "b-c", "d_e", "exists",
-		"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
+		"longbutnottoolongaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa12345689012345689012345678901234567890",
 	}
 	for _, name := range names {
 		if validateName(name) != nil {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestValidateName(t *testing.T) {
 func TestValidateNameInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 	names := []string{
 		"", "'", "^", "/", "\\", "A", "*", "a:b", "valid?no", "yüce", "1", "_", "-",
-		"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1", "_exists",
+		"long123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1", "_exists",
 	}
 	for _, name := range names {
 		if validateName(name) == nil {