diff --git a/exec/totemconfig.c b/exec/totemconfig.c
index 51356722..80ca1823 100644
--- a/exec/totemconfig.c
+++ b/exec/totemconfig.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 #define JOIN_TIMEOUT				50
 #define MERGE_TIMEOUT				200
 #define DOWNCHECK_TIMEOUT			1000
-#define FAIL_TO_RECV_CONST			50
+#define FAIL_TO_RECV_CONST			2500
 #define	SEQNO_UNCHANGED_CONST			30
 #define MINIMUM_TIMEOUT				(int)(1000/HZ)*3
 #define MAX_NETWORK_DELAY			50
diff --git a/man/corosync.conf.5 b/man/corosync.conf.5
index d0920642..3f8e90e5 100644
--- a/man/corosync.conf.5
+++ b/man/corosync.conf.5
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ This constant specifies how many rotations of the token without receiving any
 of the messages when messages should be received may occur before a new
 configuration is formed.
 
-The default is 50 failures to receive a message.
+The default is 2500 failures to receive a message.
 
 .TP
 seqno_unchanged_const