--- texinfo/man/makeinfo.1
+++ texinfo/man/makeinfo.1
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ If VAL is `none', do not indent; if VAL is
 `asis', preserve existing indentation.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-split\-size\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR
-split Info files at size NUM (default 300000).
+split Info files at size NUM (default 33554432).
 .SS "Options for HTML:"
 .TP
 \fB\-\-css\-include\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
--- texinfo/tp/Texinfo/Convert/Converter.pm
+++ texinfo/tp/Texinfo/Convert/Converter.pm
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ my %defaults = (
 our %all_converters_defaults = (
   'language_config_dirs' => undef,
   'output_format'        => undef,
-  'SPLIT_SIZE'           => 300000,
+  'SPLIT_SIZE'           => 33554432,
   'TOP_NODE_UP'          => '(dir)',   # up node of Top node default value
   'paragraphindent'      => 3,
   'fillcolumn'           => 72,