diff --git a/src/filters.js b/src/filters.js
index f9ff418e48be..b9c3d2efd98a 100644
--- a/src/filters.js
+++ b/src/filters.js
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ var GET_TIME_ZONE = /[A-Z]{3}(?![+\-])/,
  * @param {(Date|number|string)} date Date to format either as Date object, milliseconds (string or
  *    number) or ISO 8601 extended datetime string (yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ).
  * @param {string=} format Formatting rules (see Description). If not specified,
- *    `fullDate` is used.
+ *    `mediumDate` is used.
  * @returns {string} Formatted string or the input if input is not recognized as date/millis.
  *
  * @example
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ angularFilter.date = function(date, format) {
       parts = [],
       fn, match;
 
-  format = format || 'fullDate'
+  format = format || 'mediumDate'
   format = $locale.DATETIME_FORMATS[format] || format;
   if (isString(date)) {
     if (NUMBER_STRING.test(date)) {
diff --git a/test/FiltersSpec.js b/test/FiltersSpec.js
index ac695ed42b00..df47ccc3602d 100644
--- a/test/FiltersSpec.js
+++ b/test/FiltersSpec.js
@@ -225,13 +225,13 @@ describe('filter', function() {
     });
 
     it('should do basic filter', function() {
-      expect(date(noon)).toEqual(date(noon, 'fullDate'));
-      expect(date(noon, '')).toEqual(date(noon, 'fullDate'));
+      expect(date(noon)).toEqual(date(noon, 'mediumDate'));
+      expect(date(noon, '')).toEqual(date(noon, 'mediumDate'));
     });
 
     it('should accept number or number string representing milliseconds as input', function() {
-      expect(date(noon.getTime())).toEqual(date(noon.getTime(), 'fullDate'));
-      expect(date(noon.getTime() + "")).toEqual(date(noon.getTime() + "", 'fullDate'));
+      expect(date(noon.getTime())).toEqual(date(noon.getTime(), 'mediumDate'));
+      expect(date(noon.getTime() + "")).toEqual(date(noon.getTime() + "", 'mediumDate'));
     });
 
     it('should accept various format strings', function() {
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ describe('filter', function() {
     it('should be able to parse ISO 8601 dates/times using', function() {
       var isoString = '2010-09-03T05:05:08.872Z';
       expect(date(isoString)).
-          toEqual(date(isoString, 'fullDate'));
+          toEqual(date(isoString, 'mediumDate'));
     });
 
     it('should parse format ending with non-replaced string', function() {