diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 8aafbe3ce..66c932597 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -11734,7 +11734,7 @@ hold <status> <period>
                answer was in <status>. It follows the HAProxy time format.
                <period> is in milliseconds by default.
 
-  Default value is 10s for "valid" and 30s for others.
+  Default value is 10s for "valid", 0s for "obsolete" and 30s for others.
 
   Note: since the name resolution is triggered by the health checks, a new
         resolution is triggered after <period> modulo the <inter> parameter of
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index eebd72c11..ee249794f 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@ int cfg_parse_resolvers(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 		curr_resolvers->hold.other = 30000;
 		curr_resolvers->hold.refused = 30000;
 		curr_resolvers->hold.timeout = 30000;
-		curr_resolvers->hold.obsolete = 30000;
+		curr_resolvers->hold.obsolete = 0;
 		/* default hold period for valid is 10s */
 		curr_resolvers->hold.valid = 10000;
 		curr_resolvers->timeout.retry = 1000;