diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
index 0f22f4331f4d..21da575cad30 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ environment.systemPackages = [
   <title>Other Notable Changes</title>
 
   <itemizedlist>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     <option>services.journald.rateLimitBurst</option> was updated from
+     <literal>1000</literal> to <literal>10000</literal> to follow the new
+     upstream systemd default.
+    </para>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The <package>notmuch</package> package move its emacs-related binaries and
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index 518d875841bd..f955746f78a0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ in
     };
 
     services.journald.rateLimitBurst = mkOption {
-      default = 1000;
+      default = 10000;
       type = types.int;
       description = ''
         Configures the rate limiting burst limit (number of messages per