diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e571f02403..00e88042b5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ heasarc
 - Heasarc.locate_data returns empty rows with an error in the error_message column if there are
   no data associated with that row rather than filtering it out. [#3275]
 - Heasarc.locate_data changed to use POST request instead of GET to accomodate large requests. [#3356]
+- maxrec in Heasarc.query_region maxes out on 1e5 regardless of how it is set. Use instead an ADQL query using the TOP parameter set to something larger than 1e5. [#3390]
 
 imcce
 ^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/heasarc/heasarc.rst b/docs/heasarc/heasarc.rst
index aad7956939..9ba10f2bc2 100644
--- a/docs/heasarc/heasarc.rst
+++ b/docs/heasarc/heasarc.rst
@@ -268,7 +268,23 @@ for ``'box'`` and:
     >>> Heasarc.query_region(catalog='xmmmaster', spatial='polygon',
                   polygon=[(226.2,10.6),(225.9,10.5),(225.8,10.2),(226.2,10.3)])
 
-for ``'polygon'``.
+for ``'polygon'``. For ``'all-sky'``:
+
+.. doctest-skip::
+
+    >>> Heasarc.query_region(pos, spatial='all-sky', catalog='csc', maxrec=None)
+
+though you may find that maxrec has a hard limit of 1e5 regardless of how you set it. See `issue #3387 tracker <https://github.com/astropy/astroquery/issues/3387>`_. 
+
+In this case one can do instead:
+
+.. doctest-skip::
+
+    >>> # get a comma-separated list of the default columns in csc.
+    >>> columns = ', '.join(Heasarc._get_default_columns('csc'))
+    >>> # construct a query for all entries; use TOP with a large number greater than the server's 1e5 LIMIT
+    >>> query = f'SELECT TOP 9999999 {columns} FROM csc'
+    >>> Heasarc.query_tap(query).to_table()
 
 List Catalog Columns
 --------------------