diff --git a/src/command/cmd_defs.c b/src/command/cmd_defs.c
index 8c8143fe..98a74314 100644
--- a/src/command/cmd_defs.c
+++ b/src/command/cmd_defs.c
@@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@ static struct cmd_t command_defs[] = {
       CMD_ARGS(
               { "where", "Show the current log file location." },
               { "rotate on|off", "Rotate log, default on. Does not take effect if you specified a filename yourself when starting Profanity." },
-              { "maxsize <bytes>", "With rotate enabled, specifies the max log size, defaults to 1048580 (1MB)." },
+              { "maxsize <bytes>", "With rotate enabled, specifies the max log size, defaults to 10485760 (10MB)." },
               { "shared on|off", "Share logs between all instances, default: on. When off, the process id will be included in the log filename. Does not take effect if you specified a filename yourself when starting Profanity." },
               {"level INFO|DEBUG|WARN|EFFOR", "Set the log level. Default is INFO. Only works with default log file, not with user provided log file during startup via -f." })
       CMD_NOEXAMPLES