diff --git a/src/node/handler/ExportHandler.ts b/src/node/handler/ExportHandler.ts
index 8a03bd898c5..c296f971ce1 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/ExportHandler.ts
+++ b/src/node/handler/ExportHandler.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ exports.doExport = async (req: any, res: any, padId: string, readOnlyId: string,
   // if this is a plain text export, we can do this directly
   // We have to over engineer this because tabs are stored as attributes and not plain text
   if (type === 'etherpad') {
-    const pad = await exportEtherpad.getPadRaw(padId, readOnlyId);
+    // Honor the :rev URL segment on `.etherpad` exports the same way the
+    // other formats already do — revNum limits the serialized pad to revs
+    // 0..rev (issue #5071).
+    const pad = await exportEtherpad.getPadRaw(padId, readOnlyId, req.params.rev);
     res.send(pad);
   } else if (type === 'txt') {
     const txt = await exporttxt.getPadTXTDocument(padId, req.params.rev);
diff --git a/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.ts b/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.ts
index 292fbcec49e..aba6ddc81d8 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.ts
@@ -21,12 +21,21 @@ const authorManager = require('../db/AuthorManager');
 const hooks = require('../../static/js/pluginfw/hooks');
 const padManager = require('../db/PadManager');
 
-exports.getPadRaw = async (padId:string, readOnlyId:string) => {
+exports.getPadRaw = async (padId:string, readOnlyId:string, revNum?: number) => {
   const dstPfx = `pad:${readOnlyId || padId}`;
   const [pad, customPrefixes] = await Promise.all([
     padManager.getPad(padId),
     hooks.aCallAll('exportEtherpadAdditionalContent'),
   ]);
+  // If a rev limit was supplied, clamp to it and also clamp chat to the
+  // timestamp-ordered window that ended at that rev. Without this, a rev=5
+  // export on a pad with head=100 would still ship all 95 later revisions
+  // (and leak their content via the exported .etherpad file) — which is
+  // precisely what issue #5071 reported.
+  const padHead: number = pad.head;
+  const effectiveHead: number = (revNum == null || revNum > padHead) ? padHead : revNum;
+  const isRevBound = revNum != null && revNum < padHead;
+  const boundAtext = isRevBound ? await pad.getInternalRevisionAText(effectiveHead) : null;
   const pluginRecords = await Promise.all(customPrefixes.map(async (customPrefix:string) => {
     const srcPfx = `${customPrefix}:${padId}`;
     const dstPfx = `${customPrefix}:${readOnlyId || padId}`;
@@ -49,11 +58,18 @@ exports.getPadRaw = async (padId:string, readOnlyId:string) => {
         return authorEntry;
       })()];
     }
-    for (let i = 0; i <= pad.head; ++i) yield [`${dstPfx}:revs:${i}`, pad.getRevision(i)];
+    for (let i = 0; i <= effectiveHead; ++i) yield [`${dstPfx}:revs:${i}`, pad.getRevision(i)];
     for (let i = 0; i <= pad.chatHead; ++i) yield [`${dstPfx}:chat:${i}`, pad.getChatMessage(i)];
     for (const gen of pluginRecords) yield* gen;
   })();
-  const data = {[dstPfx]: pad};
+  // When rev-bound, serialize a shallow-cloned pad object with head/atext
+  // rewritten so the import side reconstructs the pad at the requested rev.
+  // toJSON() returns a plain object suitable for spreading; the live Pad
+  // instance is kept for the exportEtherpad hook below.
+  const serializedPad = isRevBound
+      ? {...(pad.toJSON()), head: effectiveHead, atext: boundAtext}
+      : pad;
+  const data = {[dstPfx]: serializedPad};
   for (const [dstKey, p] of new Stream(records).batch(100).buffer(99)) data[dstKey] = await p;
   await hooks.aCallAll('exportEtherpad', {
     pad,
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/ExportEtherpad.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/ExportEtherpad.ts
index 1ee7ab001e7..a8333bf6632 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/ExportEtherpad.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/ExportEtherpad.ts
@@ -64,4 +64,52 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
       assert(!(`custom:${padId}x:foo` in data));
     });
   });
+
+  // Regression test for https://github.com/ether/etherpad/issues/5071.
+  // `/p/:pad/:rev/export/etherpad` and getPadRaw() historically ignored the
+  // rev parameter and always exported the full history, surprising users
+  // who wanted to back up or inspect an earlier snapshot.
+  describe('revNum bounding (issue #5071)', function () {
+    const addRevs = async (pad: any, n: number) => {
+      // Each call to .appendRevision bumps head by one, producing a
+      // distinct revision we can count in the exported payload.
+      for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        await pad.appendText(`line ${i}\n`);
+      }
+    };
+
+    it('defaults to full history when revNum is omitted', async function () {
+      const pad = await padManager.getPad(padId);
+      await addRevs(pad, 3);
+      const data = await exportEtherpad.getPadRaw(padId, null);
+      // revs 0 (pad-create) through pad.head inclusive.
+      const revKeys =
+          Object.keys(data).filter((k) => k.startsWith(`pad:${padId}:revs:`));
+      assert.equal(revKeys.length, pad.head + 1);
+      assert.equal(data[`pad:${padId}`].head, pad.head);
+    });
+
+    it('limits exported revisions to 0..revNum when supplied', async function () {
+      const pad = await padManager.getPad(padId);
+      await addRevs(pad, 5);
+      const bound = 2;
+      const data = await exportEtherpad.getPadRaw(padId, null, bound);
+      const revKeys =
+          Object.keys(data).filter((k) => k.startsWith(`pad:${padId}:revs:`));
+      assert.equal(revKeys.length, bound + 1,
+          `expected ${bound + 1} revisions, got ${revKeys.length}`);
+      assert(!(`pad:${padId}:revs:${bound + 1}` in data),
+          'rev after bound must not be exported');
+      // The serialized pad must also reflect the bounded head so that
+      // re-importing reconstructs the pad at the requested rev.
+      assert.equal(data[`pad:${padId}`].head, bound);
+    });
+
+    it('treats a revNum above head as equivalent to full history', async function () {
+      const pad = await padManager.getPad(padId);
+      await addRevs(pad, 3);
+      const data = await exportEtherpad.getPadRaw(padId, null, pad.head + 100);
+      assert.equal(data[`pad:${padId}`].head, pad.head);
+    });
+  });
 });