diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index b91d38daa2..0650879cfa 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -5215,7 +5215,7 @@ Range is -70.0 - -5.0. Default value is -24.0.
 
 @item LRA, lra
 Set loudness range target.
-Range is 1.0 - 20.0. Default value is 7.0.
+Range is 1.0 - 50.0. Default value is 7.0.
 
 @item TP, tp
 Set maximum true peak.
diff --git a/libavfilter/af_loudnorm.c b/libavfilter/af_loudnorm.c
index dbe7fba986..40bf8b0d2c 100644
--- a/libavfilter/af_loudnorm.c
+++ b/libavfilter/af_loudnorm.c
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ typedef struct LoudNormContext {
 static const AVOption loudnorm_options[] = {
     { "I",                "set integrated loudness target",    OFFSET(target_i),         AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl = -24.},   -70.,       -5.,  FLAGS },
     { "i",                "set integrated loudness target",    OFFSET(target_i),         AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl = -24.},   -70.,       -5.,  FLAGS },
-    { "LRA",              "set loudness range target",         OFFSET(target_lra),       AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl =  7.},     1.,        20.,  FLAGS },
-    { "lra",              "set loudness range target",         OFFSET(target_lra),       AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl =  7.},     1.,        20.,  FLAGS },
+    { "LRA",              "set loudness range target",         OFFSET(target_lra),       AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl =  7.},     1.,        50.,  FLAGS },
+    { "lra",              "set loudness range target",         OFFSET(target_lra),       AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl =  7.},     1.,        50.,  FLAGS },
     { "TP",               "set maximum true peak",             OFFSET(target_tp),        AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl = -2.},    -9.,         0.,  FLAGS },
     { "tp",               "set maximum true peak",             OFFSET(target_tp),        AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl = -2.},    -9.,         0.,  FLAGS },
     { "measured_I",       "measured IL of input file",         OFFSET(measured_i),       AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,  {.dbl =  0.},    -99.,        0.,  FLAGS },