diff --git a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
index 3f303b0c7ae9f..abf1945ff8df4 100644
--- a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ which is proxied through the Kibana server.
 `interpreter.enableInVisualize`:: *Default: true* Enables use of interpreter in
 Visualize.
 
-`kibana.defaultAppId:`:: *Default: "discover"* The default application to load.
+`kibana.defaultAppId:`:: *Default: "home"* The default application to load.
 
 `kibana.index:`:: *Default: ".kibana"* Kibana uses an index in Elasticsearch to
 store saved searches, visualizations and dashboards. Kibana creates a new index