diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/ops_mgt.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/ops_mgt.adoc
index 62b41dc5917..e364a0668d5 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/ops_mgt.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/ops_mgt.adoc
@@ -2070,11 +2070,13 @@ In these cases, the user may configure the system to not delete any space quota
 ----
 
   <property>
-    <name>hbase.master.quota.observer.ignore</name>
-    <value>true</value>
+    <name>hbase.quota.remove.on.table.delete</name>
+    <value>false</value>
   </property>
 ----
 
+The value is set to `true` by default.
+
 === HBase Snapshots with Space Quotas
 
 One common area of unintended-filesystem-use with HBase is via HBase snapshots. Because snapshots