diff --git a/indra/llmath/llcamera.h b/indra/llmath/llcamera.h
index 27eaa614c93df0cee12d46f535358e4489ef7ccc..c4d04f5d02c339d30014a85c5e0adf4f7322adf8 100644
--- a/indra/llmath/llcamera.h
+++ b/indra/llmath/llcamera.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const F32 DEFAULT_NEAR_PLANE 		= 0.25f;
 const F32 DEFAULT_FAR_PLANE 		= 64.f;	// far reaches across two horizontal, not diagonal, regions
 
 const F32 MAX_ASPECT_RATIO 	= 50.0f;
-const F32 MAX_NEAR_PLANE 	= 10.f;
+const F32 MAX_NEAR_PLANE 	= 1023.9f; // Clamp the near plane just before the skybox ends
 const F32 MAX_FAR_PLANE 	= 100000.0f; //1000000.0f; // Max allowed. Not good Z precision though.
 const F32 MAX_FAR_CLIP		= 512.0f;
 
diff --git a/indra/llprimitive/llprimitive.cpp b/indra/llprimitive/llprimitive.cpp
index 5dfce4ae16abdbaecd02f1b6f79dbe94260fef0c..350d84ae6c914dc7fe276b7dc4e880595e16f8d4 100644
--- a/indra/llprimitive/llprimitive.cpp
+++ b/indra/llprimitive/llprimitive.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ const F32 LIGHT_MAX_CUTOFF = 180.f;
 const F32 REFLECTION_PROBE_MIN_AMBIANCE = 0.f;
 const F32 REFLECTION_PROBE_MAX_AMBIANCE = 100.f;
 const F32 REFLECTION_PROBE_DEFAULT_AMBIANCE = 0.f;
+// *NOTE: Clip distances are clamped in LLCamera::setNear. The max clip
+// distance is currently limited by the skybox
 const F32 REFLECTION_PROBE_MIN_CLIP_DISTANCE = 0.f;
 const F32 REFLECTION_PROBE_MAX_CLIP_DISTANCE = 1024.f;
 const F32 REFLECTION_PROBE_DEFAULT_CLIP_DISTANCE = 0.f;