diff --git a/memcached.ini b/memcached.ini
index c2072324..5ed79bdb 100644
--- a/memcached.ini
+++ b/memcached.ini
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 ;memcached.sess_lock_wait_max = 150;
 
 ; The number of times to retry locking the session lock, not including the first attempt.
-; Default is 200.
-;memcached.sess_lock_retries = 200;
+; Default is 5.
+;memcached.sess_lock_retries = 5;
 
 ; The time, in seconds, before a lock should release itself.
 ; Setting to 0 results in the default behaviour, which is to