diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 28a4a05ef0db0a..59e781193eb411 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -3422,7 +3422,7 @@ added:
 * Returns: {integer}
 
 Returns the default highWaterMark used by streams.
-Defaults to `16384` (16 KiB), or `16` for `objectMode`.
+Defaults to `65536` (64 KiB), or `16` for `objectMode`.
 
 ### `stream.setDefaultHighWaterMark(objectMode, value)`