Given a bounded open subset \(\Omega \) and closed subsets A, B of \(\mathbb {R}^k\) , we discuss when an estimate \(u(x)\le g(\operatorname {dist}(x,A\cup B))\) , \(x\in \Omega \setminus (A\cup B)\) , for a function u subharmonic on \(\Omega \setminus B\) , implies that \(u(x)\le h(\operatorname {dist}(x,B))\) , \(x\in \Omega \setminus B\) , where \(g,h:(0,\infty )\rightarrow (0,\infty )\) are decreasing functions and \(g(0^+)=h(0^+)=\infty \) . We seek for explicit expressions of h in terms of g. We give some results of this type and show that Domar’s work Domar, Y Ark. Mat. 3, 429–440 (1957) permits one to deduce other results in this direction. Then we compare these two approaches. Similar results are deduced for estimates of analytic functions.