diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index b3acfaabbe..3759540207 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -3835,7 +3835,9 @@ Cache
 ``--cache-secs=<seconds>``
     How many seconds of audio/video to prefetch if the cache is active. This
     overrides the ``--demuxer-readahead-secs`` option if and only if the cache
-    is enabled and the value is larger. (Default: 120.)
+    is enabled and the value is larger. The default value is set to something
+    very high, so the actually achieved readahead will usually be limited by
+    the value of the ``--demuxer-max-bytes`` option.
 
 ``--cache-pause``, ``--no-cache-pause``
     Whether the player should automatically pause when the cache runs low,
diff --git a/demux/demux.c b/demux/demux.c
index 94966f1fc4..311c6704f9 100644
--- a/demux/demux.c
+++ b/demux/demux.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options demux_conf = {
         .max_bytes = 400 * 1024 * 1024,
         .max_bytes_bw = 400 * 1024 * 1024,
         .min_secs = 1.0,
-        .min_secs_cache = 120.0,
+        .min_secs_cache = 10.0 * 60 * 60,
         .seekable_cache = -1,
         .access_references = 1,
     },