diff --git a/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 2cf4c181b60..cc5042761ef 100755
--- a/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
          & separated key=val pairs ... but there shouldn't be any
          URL escaping of the values -->
     <pingQuery>
-     qt=dismax&amp;q=solr&amp;start=3&amp;fq=id:[* TO *]&amp;fq=cat:[* TO *]
+     qt=standard&amp;q=solrpingquery
     </pingQuery>
     <!-- configure a healthcheck file for servers behind a loadbalancer
     <healthcheck type="file">server-enabled</healthcheck>