diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/Commands/RatelimitCommand.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/Commands/RatelimitCommand.cs
index 1ca14edf..08e75743 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/Commands/RatelimitCommand.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/Commands/RatelimitCommand.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Administration
             [NadekoCommand, Usage, Description, Aliases]
             [RequireContext(ContextType.Guild)]
             [RequirePermission(GuildPermission.ManageMessages)]
-            public async Task Slowmode(IUserMessage umsg, int msg = 1, int perSec = 5)
+            public async Task Slowmode(IUserMessage umsg)
             {
                 var channel = (ITextChannel)umsg.Channel;
 
@@ -101,21 +101,31 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Administration
                     await channel.SendMessageAsync("`Slow mode disabled.`").ConfigureAwait(false);
                     return;
                 }
+            }
 
-                if (msg < 1 || perSec < 1)
+            [NadekoCommand, Usage, Description, Aliases]
+            [RequireContext(ContextType.Guild)]
+            [RequirePermission(GuildPermission.ManageMessages)]
+            public async Task Slowmode(IUserMessage umsg, int msg, int perSec)
+            {
+                await Slowmode(umsg).ConfigureAwait(false); // disable if exists
+                var channel = (ITextChannel)umsg.Channel;
+
+                if (msg < 1 || perSec < 1 || msg > 100 || perSec > 3600)
                 {
                     await channel.SendMessageAsync("`Invalid parameters.`");
                     return;
                 }
-
-                if (RatelimitingChannels.TryAdd(channel.Id,throwaway = new Ratelimiter() {
+                var toAdd = new Ratelimiter()
+                {
                     ChannelId = channel.Id,
                     MaxMessages = msg,
                     PerSeconds = perSec,
-                }))
+                };
+                if(RatelimitingChannels.TryAdd(channel.Id, toAdd))
                 {
                     await channel.SendMessageAsync("`Slow mode initiated.` " +
-                                                $"Users can't send more than {throwaway.MaxMessages} message(s) every {throwaway.PerSeconds} second(s).")
+                                                $"Users can't send more than {toAdd.MaxMessages} message(s) every {toAdd.PerSeconds} second(s).")
                                                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Resources/CommandStrings.Designer.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Resources/CommandStrings.Designer.cs
index 811dc7b1..72373999 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Resources/CommandStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Resources/CommandStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -6414,7 +6414,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Resources {
         }
         
         /// <summary>
-        ///    Looks up a localized string similar to Toggles slow mode. When ON, users will be able to send only 1 message every 5 seconds.  .
+        ///    Looks up a localized string similar to Toggles slowmode. Disable by specifying no parameters. To enable, specify a number of messages each user can send, and an interval in seconds. For example 1 message every 5 seconds..
         /// </summary>
         public static string slowmode_desc {
             get {
@@ -6423,7 +6423,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Resources {
         }
         
         /// <summary>
-        ///    Looks up a localized string similar to `.slowmode`.
+        ///    Looks up a localized string similar to `.slowmode 1 5`.
         /// </summary>
         public static string slowmode_usage {
             get {
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Resources/CommandStrings.resx b/src/NadekoBot/Resources/CommandStrings.resx
index 2538e463..3ae7c1a8 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Resources/CommandStrings.resx
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Resources/CommandStrings.resx
@@ -328,10 +328,10 @@
     <value>slowmode</value>
   </data>
   <data name="slowmode_desc" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Toggles slow mode. When ON, users will be able to send only 1 message every 5 seconds.  </value>
+    <value>Toggles slowmode. Disable by specifying no parameters. To enable, specify a number of messages each user can send, and an interval in seconds. For example 1 message every 5 seconds.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="slowmode_usage" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>`.slowmode`</value>
+    <value>`.slowmode 1 5`</value>
   </data>
   <data name="cleanvplust_cmd" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>cleanvplust cv+t</value>