diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFiles.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFiles.java
index 2fd77a1ad0c6..ae0746294077 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFiles.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFiles.java
@@ -345,18 +345,14 @@ public WriteFiles<UserT, DestinationT, OutputT> withNumShards(
    *   </tr>
    * </table>
    *
-   * <p>Note that value provided here cannot exceed the default value ({@link
-   * #DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_WRITERS_PER_BUNDLE}).
+   * <p>The default value is {@link #DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_WRITERS_PER_BUNDLE}.
    */
   public WriteFiles<UserT, DestinationT, OutputT> withMaxNumWritersPerBundle(
       int maxNumWritersPerBundle) {
     checkArgument(
         getMaxNumWritersPerBundle() != -1,
         "Cannot use withMaxNumWritersPerBundle() after withNoSpilling() has been set.");
-    checkArgument(
-        maxNumWritersPerBundle > 0 && maxNumWritersPerBundle <= DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_WRITERS_PER_BUNDLE,
-        "maxNumWritersPerBundle must be greater than 0 and less than or equal to %s",
-        DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_WRITERS_PER_BUNDLE);
+    checkArgument(maxNumWritersPerBundle > 0, "maxNumWritersPerBundle must be greater than 0");
     return toBuilder().setMaxNumWritersPerBundle(maxNumWritersPerBundle).build();
   }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFilesTest.java b/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFilesTest.java
index 09f3f04d5b09..c8d55a8724e7 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFilesTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFilesTest.java
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ public void testBuildWrite() {
     assertTrue(write.withEvictWritersWhenFull().getEvictWritersWhenFull());
     assertTrue(write.withEvictWritersWhenFull(true).getEvictWritersWhenFull());
     assertFalse(write.withEvictWritersWhenFull(false).getEvictWritersWhenFull());
+    assertEquals(50, write.withMaxNumWritersPerBundle(50).getMaxNumWritersPerBundle());
+    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> write.withMaxNumWritersPerBundle(0));
   }
 
   @Test