diff --git a/bin/named/config.c b/bin/named/config.c
index 0f25033cc2..26cc9f3d14 100644
--- a/bin/named/config.c
+++ b/bin/named/config.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ options {\n\
 	max-clients-per-query 100;\n\
 	max-ncache-ttl 10800; /* 3 hours */\n\
 	max-recursion-depth 7;\n\
-	max-recursion-queries 32;\n\
+	max-recursion-queries 50;\n\
 	max-query-count 200;\n\
 	max-query-restarts 11;\n\
 	max-stale-ttl 86400; /* 1 day */\n\
diff --git a/doc/arm/reference.rst b/doc/arm/reference.rst
index 3c9f144785..1e4867b9a6 100644
--- a/doc/arm/reference.rst
+++ b/doc/arm/reference.rst
@@ -4704,7 +4704,7 @@ Tuning
    need to be sent before an answer is reached, then recursion is terminated
    and a SERVFAIL response is returned to the client. (Note: if the answer
    is a CNAME, then the subsequent lookup for the target of the CNAME is
-   counted separately.) The default is 32.
+   counted separately.) The default is 50.
 
 .. namedconf:statement:: max-query-restarts
    :tags: server, query