diff --git a/Documentation/op-guide/configuration.md b/Documentation/op-guide/configuration.md
index 1ae45f51a24..c6fa33e66cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/op-guide/configuration.md
+++ b/Documentation/op-guide/configuration.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ To start etcd automatically using custom settings at startup in Linux, using a [
 
 ### --snapshot-count
 + Number of committed transactions to trigger a snapshot to disk.
-+ default: "10000"
++ default: "100000"
 + env variable: ETCD_SNAPSHOT_COUNT
 
 ### --heartbeat-interval
diff --git a/etcdmain/help.go b/etcdmain/help.go
index 0ce4be636cc..6c0868fac4e 100644
--- a/etcdmain/help.go
+++ b/etcdmain/help.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ member flags:
 		path to the data directory.
 	--wal-dir ''
 		path to the dedicated wal directory.
-	--snapshot-count '10000'
+	--snapshot-count '100000'
 		number of committed transactions to trigger a snapshot to disk.
 	--heartbeat-interval '100'
 		time (in milliseconds) of a heartbeat interval.
diff --git a/etcdserver/server.go b/etcdserver/server.go
index 37621c7e56d..9ed57d1b3d5 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	DefaultSnapCount = 10000
+	DefaultSnapCount = 100000
 
 	StoreClusterPrefix = "/0"
 	StoreKeysPrefix    = "/1"