diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index c12170b4b6..00664cd83e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
        <listitem>
         <para>
          The accumulated cost that will cause the vacuuming process to sleep.
-         The default value is 2000.
+         The default value is 200.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c b/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c
index 6d1e94f817..a5950c1e8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ int			MaxBackends = 0;
 int			VacuumCostPageHit = 1;	/* GUC parameters for vacuum */
 int			VacuumCostPageMiss = 10;
 int			VacuumCostPageDirty = 20;
-int			VacuumCostLimit = 2000;
+int			VacuumCostLimit = 200;
 double		VacuumCostDelay = 0;
 
 int			VacuumPageHit = 0;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 6e396f1598..c82804b1b9 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 			NULL
 		},
 		&VacuumCostLimit,
-		2000, 1, 10000,
+		200, 1, 10000,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 417f00a841..6f97a9ae28 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 #vacuum_cost_page_hit = 1		# 0-10000 credits
 #vacuum_cost_page_miss = 10		# 0-10000 credits
 #vacuum_cost_page_dirty = 20		# 0-10000 credits
-#vacuum_cost_limit = 2000		# 1-10000 credits
+#vacuum_cost_limit = 200		# 1-10000 credits
 
 # - Background Writer -