diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index 4bebce712..769c3be67 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ Controls left and right padding around each row of the report output.  Default i
 Controls padding between columns of the report output.  Default is "1".
 
 .TP
-.B bulk=2
-Is a number, defaulting to 2.  When more than this number of tasks are modified
+.B bulk=3
+Is a number, defaulting to 3.  When this number or greater tasks are modified
 in a single command, confirmation will be required, unless the
 .B confirmation
 variable is "no".
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 56b0327b5..cb67462f4 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ std::string Config::_defaults =
   "indent.report=0                                # Indent spaces for whole report\n"
   "row.padding=0                                  # Left and right padding for each row of report\n"
   "column.padding=1                               # Spaces between each column in a report\n"
-  "bulk=2                                         # > 2 tasks considered 'a lot', for confirmation\n"
+  "bulk=3                                         # 3 or more tasks considered a bulk change and is confirmed\n"
   "nag=You have more urgent tasks.                # Nag message to keep you honest\n"                      // TODO
   "search.case.sensitive=yes                      # Setting to no allows case insensitive searches\n"
   "active.indicator=*                             # What to show as an active task indicator\n"
diff --git a/test/bug.bulk.t b/test/bug.bulk.t
index 2cc03a3dc..d8a392d97 100755
--- a/test/bug.bulk.t
+++ b/test/bug.bulk.t
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'bulk.rc')
 {
   print $fh "data.location=.\n",
             "confirmation=yes\n",
-            "bulk=2\n";
+            "bulk=3\n";
   close $fh;
   ok (-r 'bulk.rc', 'Created bulk.rc');
 }