diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
index 719f9a9d60c0a4a5c9668608eb3f588b130835ed..16a7cae2721dada82c9e1d9267b48c9f90b9802d 100644
--- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
   <nfs-options>	Standard NFS options. All options are separated by commas.
 		The following defaults are used:
 			port		= as given by server portmap daemon
-			rsize		= 1024
-			wsize		= 1024
+			rsize		= 4096
+			wsize		= 4096
 			timeo		= 7
 			retrans		= 3
 			acregmin	= 3