diff --git a/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/archiving-items-automatically.md b/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/archiving-items-automatically.md
index c56bd5d569..b48019d74a 100644
--- a/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/archiving-items-automatically.md
+++ b/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/archiving-items-automatically.md
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ topics:
 
 ## About automatically archiving items
 
-You can configure your project's built-in workflows to automatically archive items. Archiving items will help you stay below the limit of {% data variables.projects.item_limit %} items in each project.
+{% ifversion projects-single-limit %}
+You can configure your project's built-in workflows to automatically archive items. Archiving items helps you improve focus by removing old items from your project views. An archived item retains all of its custom field data and can be viewed or restored from the archive page.
+{% else %}
+You can configure your project's built-in workflows to automatically archive items. Archiving items will help you stay below the limit of {% data variables.projects.item_limit %} items in each project.{% endif %}
 
 The auto-archive workflow supports a subset of filters. You can use the following filters when configuring your workflow.
 
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ Additionally, items are also marked as updated when field values in your project
 
 When you enable automatic archiving for issues or pull requests, items in your project that already meet your criteria will also be archived. There may be some delay in archiving large numbers of items that already meet the criteria.
 
-Projects also have a limit on the number of archived items they can contain. Your project can contain up to {% data variables.projects.archived_item_limit %} archived items. For more information on permanently deleting items, see [AUTOTITLE](/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/archiving-items-from-your-project#deleting-items).
+{% ifversion projects-single-limit %}Your project can contain up to {% data variables.projects.item_limit %} items across both active views and the archive page. Once that limit has been reached, you will need to delete items from your project to free up more space.{% else %} Projects also have a limit on the number of archived items they can contain. Your project can contain up to {% data variables.projects.archived_item_limit %} archived items.{% endif %} For more information on permanently deleting items, see [AUTOTITLE](/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/archiving-items-from-your-project#deleting-items).
 
 ## Configuring automatic archiving in your project
 
diff --git a/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/adding-items-to-your-project.md b/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/adding-items-to-your-project.md
index 20f3ad7ce7..ec5cc82f32 100644
--- a/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/adding-items-to-your-project.md
+++ b/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/adding-items-to-your-project.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
 ---
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> A project can contain a maximum of {% data variables.projects.item_limit %} items and {% data variables.projects.archived_item_limit %} archived items. To learn more about automatically archiving items when they meet specific criteria, see [AUTOTITLE](/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/archiving-items-automatically).
+> A project can contain a maximum of {% data variables.projects.item_limit %} items {% ifversion projects-single-limit %} across both active views and the archive page{% else %}and {% data variables.projects.archived_item_limit %} archived items{% endif %}. To learn more about automatically archiving items when they meet specific criteria, see [AUTOTITLE](/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/archiving-items-automatically).
 
 ## Adding issues and pull requests to a project
 
diff --git a/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/archiving-items-from-your-project.md b/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/archiving-items-from-your-project.md
index 05c10d60be..dafbd2203a 100644
--- a/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/archiving-items-from-your-project.md
+++ b/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/managing-items-in-your-project/archiving-items-from-your-project.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
 ---
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> A project can contain a maximum of {% data variables.projects.item_limit %} items and {% data variables.projects.archived_item_limit %} archived items.
+> A project can contain a maximum of {% data variables.projects.item_limit %} items {% ifversion projects-single-limit %}across both active views and archive page{% else %} and {% data variables.projects.archived_item_limit %} archived items{% endif %}.
 
 ## Archiving items
 
diff --git a/data/features/projects-single-limit.yml b/data/features/projects-single-limit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f8229b048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/features/projects-single-limit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Use a single limit of 50k for the total number of active and archived items in a project
+versions:
+  fpt: '*'
+  ghec: '*'
+  ghes: '>=3.18'