diff --git a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
index bb15ae4f..eb677ad9 100644
--- a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
+++ b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
         <listitem><para>Virtual memory chunk size (log base 2).  If a chunk
         size outside the supported size range is specified, the size is
         silently clipped to the minimum/maximum supported size.  The default
-        chunk size is 256 KiB (2^18).
+        chunk size is 2 MiB (2^21).
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/chunk.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/chunk.h
index c253cdcb..91aefad7 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/chunk.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/chunk.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Size and alignment of memory chunks that are allocated by the OS's virtual
  * memory system.
  */
-#define	LG_CHUNK_DEFAULT	18
+#define	LG_CHUNK_DEFAULT	21
 
 /* Return the chunk address for allocation address a. */
 #define	CHUNK_ADDR2BASE(a)						\