diff --git a/mercurial/help/config.txt b/mercurial/help/config.txt
--- a/mercurial/help/config.txt
+++ b/mercurial/help/config.txt
@@ -1580,6 +1580,7 @@ profiling is done using lsprof.
 
     Only used by the ``stat`` profiler.
 
+    For the ``hotpath`` format, default is ``0.05``.
     For the ``chrome`` format, default is ``0.005``.
 
     The option is unused on other formats.
diff --git a/mercurial/profiling.py b/mercurial/profiling.py
--- a/mercurial/profiling.py
+++ b/mercurial/profiling.py
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ def statprofile(ui, fp):
             showmin = ui.configwith(fraction, 'profiling', 'showmin', 0.005)
             showmax = ui.configwith(fraction, 'profiling', 'showmax', 0.999)
             kwargs.update(minthreshold=showmin, maxthreshold=showmax)
+        elif profformat == 'hotpath':
+            limit = ui.configwith(fraction, 'profiling', 'showmin', 0.05)
+            kwargs['limit'] = limit
 
         statprof.display(fp, data=data, format=displayformat, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/tests/test-check-config.t b/tests/test-check-config.t
--- a/tests/test-check-config.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-config.t
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ New errors are not allowed. Warnings are
 
   $ hg files "set:(**.py or **.txt) - tests/**" | sed 's|\\|/|g' |
   >   python contrib/check-config.py
+              limit = ui.configwith(fraction, 'profiling', 'showmin', 0.05)
+  
+  conflict on profiling.showmin: ('with', '0.05') != ('with', '0.005')