diff --git a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/IdentityObjectIntMap.java b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/IdentityObjectIntMap.java
index 7c0bc1cb6..d16197bce 100644
--- a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/IdentityObjectIntMap.java
+++ b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/IdentityObjectIntMap.java
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
  * @author Nathan Sweet
  * @author Tommy Ettinger */
 public class IdentityObjectIntMap<K> extends ObjectIntMap<K> {
-	/** Creates a new map with an initial capacity of 51 and a load factor of 0.8. */
+	/** Creates a new map with an initial capacity of 51 and a load factor of 0.75. */
 	public IdentityObjectIntMap () {
 		super();
 	}
 
-	/** Creates a new map with a load factor of 0.8.
+	/** Creates a new map with a load factor of 0.75.
 	 * @param initialCapacity If not a power of two, it is increased to the next nearest power of two. */
 	public IdentityObjectIntMap (int initialCapacity) {
 		super(initialCapacity);
diff --git a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/IntMap.java b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/IntMap.java
index cb1249bfb..ee089a0e0 100644
--- a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/IntMap.java
+++ b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/IntMap.java
@@ -70,16 +70,16 @@ public class IntMap<V> implements Iterable<IntMap.Entry<V>> {
 	 * hash. */
 	protected int mask;
 
-	/** Creates a new map with an initial capacity of 51 and a load factor of 0.8. */
+	/** Creates a new map with an initial capacity of 51 and a load factor of 0.75. */
 	public IntMap () {
-		this(51, 0.8f);
+		this(51, 0.75f);
 	}
 
-	/** Creates a new map with a load factor of 0.8.
+	/** Creates a new map with a load factor of 0.75.
 	 *
 	 * @param initialCapacity If not a power of two, it is increased to the next nearest power of two. */
 	public IntMap (int initialCapacity) {
-		this(initialCapacity, 0.8f);
+		this(initialCapacity, 0.75f);
 	}
 
 	/** Creates a new map with the specified initial capacity and load factor. This map will hold initialCapacity items before
diff --git a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/ObjectIntMap.java b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/ObjectIntMap.java
index 9303421e3..ddc8a9088 100644
--- a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/ObjectIntMap.java
+++ b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/ObjectIntMap.java
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ public class ObjectIntMap<K> implements Iterable<ObjectIntMap.Entry<K>> {
 	 * hash. */
 	protected int mask;
 
-	/** Creates a new map with an initial capacity of 51 and a load factor of 0.8. */
+	/** Creates a new map with an initial capacity of 51 and a load factor of 0.75. */
 	public ObjectIntMap () {
-		this(51, 0.8f);
+		this(51, 0.75f);
 	}
 
-	/** Creates a new map with a load factor of 0.8.
+	/** Creates a new map with a load factor of 0.75.
 	 * @param initialCapacity If not a power of two, it is increased to the next nearest power of two. */
 	public ObjectIntMap (int initialCapacity) {
-		this(initialCapacity, 0.8f);
+		this(initialCapacity, 0.75f);
 	}
 
 	/** Creates a new map with the specified initial capacity and load factor. This map will hold initialCapacity items before
diff --git a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/ObjectMap.java b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/ObjectMap.java
index 916e6f25f..31e19e396 100644
--- a/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/ObjectMap.java
+++ b/src/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/util/ObjectMap.java
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ public class ObjectMap<K, V> implements Iterable<ObjectMap.Entry<K, V>> {
 	 * hash. */
 	protected int mask;
 
-	/** Creates a new map with an initial capacity of 51 and a load factor of 0.8. */
+	/** Creates a new map with an initial capacity of 51 and a load factor of 0.75. */
 	public ObjectMap () {
-		this(51, 0.8f);
+		this(51, 0.75f);
 	}
 
-	/** Creates a new map with a load factor of 0.8.
+	/** Creates a new map with a load factor of 0.75.
 	 * @param initialCapacity If not a power of two, it is increased to the next nearest power of two. */
 	public ObjectMap (int initialCapacity) {
-		this(initialCapacity, 0.8f);
+		this(initialCapacity, 0.75f);
 	}
 
 	/** Creates a new map with the specified initial capacity and load factor. This map will hold initialCapacity items before