diff --git a/kong.conf.default b/kong.conf.default
index e8a0c3aa1870..d5a69f08510f 100644
--- a/kong.conf.default
+++ b/kong.conf.default
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@
                                  # servers should suffer no such delays, and
                                  # this value can be safely set to 0.
 
-#db_cache_ttl = 3600             # Time-to-live (in seconds) of an entity from
+#db_cache_ttl = 0                # Time-to-live (in seconds) of an entity from
                                  # the datastore when cached by this node.
                                  # Database misses (no entity) are also cached
                                  # according to this setting.
-                                 # If set to 0, such cached entities/misses
-                                 # never expire.
+                                 # If set to 0 (default), such cached entities
+                                 # or misses never expire.
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DNS RESOLVER
diff --git a/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua b/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
index 8599a4b627c4..3f929218e185 100644
--- a/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
+++ b/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ cassandra_schema_consensus_timeout = 10000
 
 db_update_frequency = 5
 db_update_propagation = 0
-db_cache_ttl = 3600
+db_cache_ttl = 0
 
 dns_resolver = NONE
 dns_hostsfile = /etc/hosts