diff --git a/conduwuit-example.toml b/conduwuit-example.toml
index c40944d4..b5dd3b79 100644
--- a/conduwuit-example.toml
+++ b/conduwuit-example.toml
@@ -482,7 +482,9 @@ allow_profile_lookup_federation_requests = true
 # Minimum time-to-live in seconds for NXDOMAIN entries in the DNS cache. This value is critical for
 # the server to federate efficiently. NXDOMAIN's are assumed to not be returning to the federation
 # and aggressively cached rather than constantly rechecked.
-#dns_min_ttl_nxdomain = 86400
+#
+# Defaults to 3 days as these are *very rarely* false negatives.
+#dns_min_ttl_nxdomain = 259200
 
 # The number of seconds to wait for a reply to a DNS query. Please note that recursive queries can
 # take up to several seconds for some domains, so this value should not be too low.
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index df8fd3cd..46407448 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -515,8 +515,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for Config {
 			),
 			("Cleanup interval in seconds", &self.cleanup_second_interval.to_string()),
 			("DNS cache entry limit", &self.dns_cache_entries.to_string()),
-			("DNS minimum ttl", &self.dns_min_ttl.to_string()),
-			("DNS minimum nxdomain ttl", &self.dns_min_ttl_nxdomain.to_string()),
+			("DNS minimum TTL", &self.dns_min_ttl.to_string()),
+			("DNS minimum NXDOMAIN TTL", &self.dns_min_ttl_nxdomain.to_string()),
 			("DNS attempts", &self.dns_attempts.to_string()),
 			("DNS timeout", &self.dns_timeout.to_string()),
 			("DNS fallback to TCP", &self.dns_tcp_fallback.to_string()),
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ fn default_dns_cache_entries() -> u32 { 12288 }
 
 fn default_dns_min_ttl() -> u64 { 60 * 180 }
 
-fn default_dns_min_ttl_nxdomain() -> u64 { 60 * 60 * 24 }
+fn default_dns_min_ttl_nxdomain() -> u64 { 60 * 60 * 24 * 3 }
 
 fn default_dns_attempts() -> u16 { 10 }