diff --git a/conf/hbase-default.xml b/conf/hbase-default.xml
index a24edeb6fd0..ae3855169c1 100644
--- a/conf/hbase-default.xml
+++ b/conf/hbase-default.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     <name>hbase.master.lease.period</name>
     <value>120000</value>
     <description>HMaster server lease period in milliseconds. Default is
-    60 seconds.  Region servers must report in within this period else
+    120 seconds.  Region servers must report in within this period else
     they are considered dead.  On loaded cluster, may need to up this
     period.</description>
   </property>
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@
     <name>hbase.regionserver.msginterval</name>
     <value>3000</value>
     <description>Interval between messages from the RegionServer to HMaster
-    in milliseconds.  Default is 15. Set this value low if you want unit
-    tests to be responsive.
+    in milliseconds.  Default is 3 seconds.
     </description>
   </property>
   <property>