diff --git a/include/pubsub.hrl b/include/pubsub.hrl
index 8496b95ac..da919e9e2 100644
--- a/include/pubsub.hrl
+++ b/include/pubsub.hrl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 -define(ERR_EXTENDED(E, C), mod_pubsub:extended_error(E, C)).
 
 %% The actual limit can be configured with mod_pubsub's option max_items_node
--define(MAXITEMS, 10).
+-define(MAXITEMS, 1000).
 
 %% this is currently a hard limit.
 %% Would be nice to have it configurable.
diff --git a/src/mod_pubsub.erl b/src/mod_pubsub.erl
index fecb35341..e64b73083 100644
--- a/src/mod_pubsub.erl
+++ b/src/mod_pubsub.erl
@@ -4276,7 +4276,7 @@ mod_doc() ->
 	    #{value => "MaxItems",
 	      desc =>
 		  ?T("Define the maximum number of items that can be "
-		     "stored in a node. Default value is: '10'.")}},
+		     "stored in a node. Default value is: '1000'.")}},
 	   {max_nodes_discoitems,
 	    #{value => "pos_integer() | infinity",
 	      desc =>