diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index f21ccd808..f53a7c8d4 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ sort: 15
 * FEATURE: return `X-Server-Hostname` header in http responses of all the VictoriaMetrics components. This should simplify tracing the origin server behind a load balancer or behind auth proxy during troubleshooting.
 * FEATURE: vmselect: allow to use 2x more memory for query processing at `vmselect` nodes in [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html). This should allow processing heavy queries without the need to increase RAM size at `vmselect` nodes.
 * FEATURE: add ability to filter `/api/v1/status/tsdb` output with arbitrary [time series selectors](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors) passed via `match[]` query args. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#tsdb-stats) and [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1168) for details.
+* FEATURE: automatically detect memory and cpu limits for VictoriaMetrics components running under [cgroup v2](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.html) environments such as [HashiCorp Nomad](https://www.nomadproject.io/). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1269).
 
 * BUGFIX: vmagent: fix possible race when refreshing `role: endpoints` and `role: endpointslices` scrape targets in `kubernetes_sd_config`. Prevoiusly `pod` objects could be updated after the related `endpoints` object update. This could lead to missing scrape targets. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1240).
 * BUGFIX: properly remove stale parts outside the configured retention if `-retentionPeriod` is smaller than one month. Previously stale parts could remain active for up to a month after they go outside the retention.
diff --git a/lib/cgroup/cpu.go b/lib/cgroup/cpu.go
index 8c3972d50..b151aa925 100644
--- a/lib/cgroup/cpu.go
+++ b/lib/cgroup/cpu.go
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ func updateGOMAXPROCSToCPUQuota() {
 }
 
 func getCPUQuota() float64 {
-	cpuQuota, err := getCPUStatGeneric()
+	cpuQuota, err := getCPUQuotaGeneric()
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0
 	}
-
 	if cpuQuota <= 0 {
 		// The quota isn't set. This may be the case in multilevel containers.
 		// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/685#issuecomment-674423728
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ func getCPUQuota() float64 {
 	return cpuQuota
 }
 
-func getCPUStatGeneric() (float64, error) {
+func getCPUQuotaGeneric() (float64, error) {
 	quotaUS, err := getCPUStat("cpu.cfs_quota_us")
 	if err == nil {
 		periodUS, err := getCPUStat("cpu.cfs_period_us")
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ func getCPUStatGeneric() (float64, error) {
 			return float64(quotaUS) / float64(periodUS), nil
 		}
 	}
-	return getCPUStatV2("/sys/fs/cgroup", "/proc/self/cgroup")
+	return getCPUQuotaV2("/sys/fs/cgroup", "/proc/self/cgroup")
 }
 
 func getCPUStat(statName string) (int64, error) {
@@ -83,31 +82,35 @@ func getOnlineCPUCount() float64 {
 	return n
 }
 
-func getCPUStatV2(sysPrefix, cgroupPath string) (float64, error) {
+func getCPUQuotaV2(sysPrefix, cgroupPath string) (float64, error) {
 	data, err := getFileContents("cpu.max", sysPrefix, cgroupPath, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	return parseCPUMax(data)
+	data = strings.TrimSpace(data)
+	n, err := parseCPUMax(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse cpu.max file contents: %w", err)
+	}
+	return n, nil
 }
 
-// https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.html#cpu
+// See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.html#cpu
 func parseCPUMax(data string) (float64, error) {
-	data = strings.TrimRight(data, "\r\n")
 	bounds := strings.Split(data, " ")
 	if len(bounds) != 2 {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected count: %d, want quota and period, got: %s", len(bounds), data)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected line format: want 'quota period'; got: %s", data)
 	}
 	if bounds[0] == "max" {
 		return -1, nil
 	}
 	quota, err := strconv.ParseUint(bounds[0], 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse quota: %w", err)
 	}
 	period, err := strconv.ParseUint(bounds[1], 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse period: %w", err)
 	}
 	return float64(quota) / float64(period), nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/cgroup/cpu_test.go b/lib/cgroup/cpu_test.go
index 20084b305..a413e3187 100644
--- a/lib/cgroup/cpu_test.go
+++ b/lib/cgroup/cpu_test.go
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ func TestCountCPUs(t *testing.T) {
 	f("0-6", 7)
 }
 
-func TestGetCPUStatV2(t *testing.T) {
+func TestGetCPUQuotaV2(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(sysPrefix, cgroupPath string, expectedCPU float64) {
 		t.Helper()
-		got, err := getCPUStatV2(sysPrefix, cgroupPath)
+		got, err := getCPUQuotaV2(sysPrefix, cgroupPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s, sysPrefix: %s, cgroupPath: %s", err, sysPrefix, cgroupPath)
 		}
 		if got != expectedCPU {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected result from getCPUStatV2(%s, %s), got %f, want %f", sysPrefix, cgroupPath, got, expectedCPU)
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result from getCPUQuotaV2(%s, %s), got %f, want %f", sysPrefix, cgroupPath, got, expectedCPU)
 		}
 	}
 	f("testdata/cgroup", "testdata/self/cgroupv2", 2)
diff --git a/lib/cgroup/mem.go b/lib/cgroup/mem.go
index e91f8145b..c4641a4b8 100644
--- a/lib/cgroup/mem.go
+++ b/lib/cgroup/mem.go
@@ -16,17 +16,16 @@ func GetMemoryLimit() int64 {
 	if err == nil {
 		return n
 	}
-	// https: //www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.html#memory-interface-files
-	n, err = getMemStatV2()
+	n, err = getMemStatV2("memory.max")
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0
 	}
-
 	return n
 }
 
-func getMemStatV2() (int64, error) {
-	return getStatGeneric("memory.max", "/sys/fs/cgroup", "/proc/self/cgroup", "")
+func getMemStatV2(statName string) (int64, error) {
+	// See https: //www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.html#memory-interface-files
+	return getStatGeneric(statName, "/sys/fs/cgroup", "/proc/self/cgroup", "")
 }
 
 func getMemStat(statName string) (int64, error) {
diff --git a/lib/cgroup/util.go b/lib/cgroup/util.go
index 66960adb7..422204bd2 100644
--- a/lib/cgroup/util.go
+++ b/lib/cgroup/util.go
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ func getStatGeneric(statName, sysfsPrefix, cgroupPath, cgroupGrepLine string) (i
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	data = strings.TrimRight(data, "\r\n")
+	data = strings.TrimSpace(data)
 	n, err := strconv.ParseInt(data, 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %q: %w", cgroupPath, err)
 	}
 	return n, nil
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func getFileContents(statName, sysfsPrefix, cgroupPath, cgroupGrepLine string) (
 	}
 	subPath, err := grepFirstMatch(string(cgroupData), cgroupGrepLine, 2, ":")
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot find cgroup path for %q in %q: %w", cgroupGrepLine, cgroupPath, err)
 	}
 	filepath = path.Join(sysfsPrefix, subPath, statName)
 	data, err = ioutil.ReadFile(filepath)