diff --git a/erddapy/core/url.py b/erddapy/core/url.py
index e71a2a4..fbc77d8 100644
--- a/erddapy/core/url.py
+++ b/erddapy/core/url.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def get_search_url(
     response: str = "html",
     search_for: Optional[str] = None,
     protocol: str = "tabledap",
-    items_per_page: int = 1000,
+    items_per_page: int = 1_000_000,
     page: int = 1,
     **kwargs,
 ):
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def get_search_url(
 
         response: default is HTML.
         items_per_page: how many items per page in the return,
-            default is 1000 for HTML, 1e6 (hopefully all items) for CSV, JSON.
+            default is 1_000_000 for HTML, 1e6 (hopefully all items) for CSV, JSON.
         page: which page to display, default is the first page (1).
         kwargs: extra search constraints based on metadata and/or coordinates ke/value.
             metadata: `cdm_data_type`, `institution`, `ioos_category`,
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def get_search_url(
             kwargs.update({search_term: lowercase})
 
     # These responses should not be paginated b/c that hinders the correct amount of data silently
-    # and can surprise users when the number of items is greater than ERDDAP's defaults (1000 items).
+    # and can surprise users when the number of items is greater than ERDDAP's defaults (1_000_000 items).
     # Ideally there should be no pagination for this on the ERDDAP side but for now we settled for a
     # "really big" `items_per_page` number.
     non_paginated_responses = [
diff --git a/erddapy/erddapy.py b/erddapy/erddapy.py
index 0a9fe6a..8d12da6 100644
--- a/erddapy/erddapy.py
+++ b/erddapy/erddapy.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def get_search_url(
         response: OptionalStr = None,
         search_for: OptionalStr = None,
         protocol: OptionalStr = None,
-        items_per_page: int = 1000,
+        items_per_page: int = 1_000_000,
         page: int = 1,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> str:
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def get_search_url(
 
             response: default is HTML.
             items_per_page: how many items per page in the return,
-                default is 1000 for HTML, 1e6 (hopefully all items) for CSV, JSON.
+                default is 1_000_000 for HTML, 1e6 (hopefully all items) for CSV, JSON.
             page: which page to display, default is the first page (1).
             kwargs: extra search constraints based on metadata and/or coordinates ke/value.
                 metadata: `cdm_data_type`, `institution`, `ioos_category`,