diff --git a/server/config/toml.go b/server/config/toml.go
index 9e8eeadaf1ef..8bee256dda86 100644
--- a/server/config/toml.go
+++ b/server/config/toml.go
@@ -20,15 +20,18 @@ const DefaultConfigTemplate = `# This is a TOML config file.
 # specified in this config (e.g. 0.25token1;0.0001token2).
 minimum-gas-prices = "{{ .BaseConfig.MinGasPrices }}"
 
-# default: the last 100 states are kept in addition to every 500th state; pruning at 10 block intervals
+# default: only the last 100,000 states(approximately 1 week worth of state) are kept; pruning at 100 block intervals
 # nothing: all historic states will be saved, nothing will be deleted (i.e. archiving node)
-# everything: all saved states will be deleted, storing only the current state; pruning at 10 block intervals
+# everything: all saved states will be deleted, storing only the current state; pruning at 10 block intervals.
 # custom: allow pruning options to be manually specified through 'pruning-keep-recent', 'pruning-keep-every', and 'pruning-interval'
 pruning = "{{ .BaseConfig.Pruning }}"
 
 # These are applied if and only if the pruning strategy is custom.
+# pruning-keep-recent = N means keep all of the last N states
 pruning-keep-recent = "{{ .BaseConfig.PruningKeepRecent }}"
+# pruning-keep-every = N means keep every Nth state, in addition to keep-recent
 pruning-keep-every = "{{ .BaseConfig.PruningKeepEvery }}"
+# pruning-interval = N means we delete old states from disk every Nth block.
 pruning-interval = "{{ .BaseConfig.PruningInterval }}"
 
 # HaltHeight contains a non-zero block height at which a node will gracefully
diff --git a/server/start.go b/server/start.go
index bda8b6ed8117..f2dfaf246e84 100644
--- a/server/start.go
+++ b/server/start.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Pruning options can be provided via the '--pruning' flag or alternatively with '
 
 For '--pruning' the options are as follows:
 
-default: the last 100 states are kept in addition to every 500th state; pruning at 10 block intervals
+default: only the last 100,000 states(approximately 1 week worth of state) are kept; pruning at 100 block intervals
 nothing: all historic states will be saved, nothing will be deleted (i.e. archiving node)
 everything: all saved states will be deleted, storing only the current state; pruning at 10 block intervals
 custom: allow pruning options to be manually specified through 'pruning-keep-recent', 'pruning-keep-every', and 'pruning-interval'
diff --git a/store/types/pruning.go b/store/types/pruning.go
index 4419acb950d8..439a59502428 100644
--- a/store/types/pruning.go
+++ b/store/types/pruning.go
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	// PruneDefault defines a pruning strategy where the last 362880 heights are
-	// kept in addition to every 100th and where to-be pruned heights are pruned
-	// at every 10th height. The last 362880 heights are kept assuming the typical
-	// block time is 5s and typical unbonding period is 21 days. If these values
+	// PruneDefault defines a pruning strategy where the last 100,000 heights are
+	// kept where to-be pruned heights are pruned at every 10th height.
+	// The last 100000 heights are kept(approximately 1 week worth of state) assuming the typical
+	// block time is 6s. If these values
 	// do not match the applications' requirements, use the "custom" option.
-	PruneDefault = NewPruningOptions(362880, 100, 10)
+	PruneDefault = NewPruningOptions(100_000, 0, 100)
 
 	// PruneEverything defines a pruning strategy where all committed heights are
-	// deleted, storing only the current height and where to-be pruned heights are
+	// deleted, storing only the current height and last 10 states. To-be pruned heights are
 	// pruned at every 10th height.
-	PruneEverything = NewPruningOptions(0, 0, 10)
+	PruneEverything = NewPruningOptions(10, 0, 10)
 
 	// PruneNothing defines a pruning strategy where all heights are kept on disk.
 	PruneNothing = NewPruningOptions(0, 1, 0)