diff --git a/man/corosync.conf.5 b/man/corosync.conf.5
index a3771ea7..4b678ac4 100644
--- a/man/corosync.conf.5
+++ b/man/corosync.conf.5
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ than token.  There is an increasing risk of odd membership changes, which still
 guarantee virtual synchrony,  as node count grows if consensus is less than
 token.
 
-The default is 1200 milliseconds.
+The default is 3600 milliseconds.
 
 .TP
 merge