diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 502077e68..24441d2bc 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ var (
 
 		// Backoff times for retrying a batch of samples on recoverable errors.
 		MinBackoff: model.Duration(30 * time.Millisecond),
-		MaxBackoff: model.Duration(100 * time.Millisecond),
+		MaxBackoff: model.Duration(5 * time.Second),
 	}
 
 	// DefaultMetadataConfig is the default metadata configuration for a remote write endpoint.
diff --git a/docs/configuration/configuration.md b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
index e3d1f76b8..96e60dfcd 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
@@ -2752,7 +2752,7 @@ queue_config:
   # Initial retry delay. Gets doubled for every retry.
   [ min_backoff: <duration> | default = 30ms ]
   # Maximum retry delay.
-  [ max_backoff: <duration> | default = 100ms ]
+  [ max_backoff: <duration> | default = 5s ]
   # Retry upon receiving a 429 status code from the remote-write storage.
   # This is experimental and might change in the future.
   [ retry_on_http_429: <boolean> | default = false ]