diff --git a/commafeed-server/doc/commafeed.md b/commafeed-server/doc/commafeed.md
index 4ea274fd..e6a2ca05 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/doc/commafeed.md
+++ b/commafeed-server/doc/commafeed.md
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ Environment variable: `COMMAFEED_FEED_REFRESH_MAX_INTERVAL`</td>
 </td>
 <td>
 
-`24H`
+`4H`
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
index 70fd48ba..7fafb4fe 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public interface CommaFeedConfiguration {
 		 * <li>we receive a Retry-After header from the feed</li>
 		 * </ul>
 		 */
-		@WithDefault("24h")
+		@WithDefault("4h")
 		Duration maxInterval();
 
 		/**