diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/stripe/geom_stripe.c b/sbin/geom/class/stripe/geom_stripe.c
index 0ed77c86a5d8..cde761380893 100644
--- a/sbin/geom/class/stripe/geom_stripe.c
+++ b/sbin/geom/class/stripe/geom_stripe.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 uint32_t lib_version = G_LIB_VERSION;
 uint32_t version = G_STRIPE_VERSION;
 
-static intmax_t stripesize = 65536;
+static intmax_t stripesize = 4096;
 
 static void stripe_main(struct gctl_req *req, unsigned flags);
 static void stripe_label(struct gctl_req *req);
diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/stripe/gstripe.8 b/sbin/geom/class/stripe/gstripe.8
index ef81c14cc2ab..7d3143f39b79 100644
--- a/sbin/geom/class/stripe/gstripe.8
+++ b/sbin/geom/class/stripe/gstripe.8
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Be more verbose.
 The following example shows how to set up striped device from four disks
 for automatic configuration, create a file system on it, and mount it:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 /dev/da3
+gstripe label -v -s 4096 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 /dev/da3
 newfs /dev/data.stripe
 mount /dev/data.stripe /mnt
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