diff --git a/config/kibana.yml b/config/kibana.yml
index 8694f65c61a5a..2351c3eb70d95 100644
--- a/config/kibana.yml
+++ b/config/kibana.yml
@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@
 # logging.verbose: false
 
 # Set the interval in milliseconds to sample system and process performance
-# metrics. Minimum is 100ms. Defaults to 10000.
-# ops.interval: 10000
+# metrics. Minimum is 100ms. Defaults to 5000.
+# ops.interval: 5000
diff --git a/docs/kibana-yml.asciidoc b/docs/kibana-yml.asciidoc
index a10dce1953e69..43272c0d73291 100644
--- a/docs/kibana-yml.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/kibana-yml.asciidoc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ retrying.
 error messages.
 `logging.verbose`:: *Default: false* Set the value of this setting to `true` to log all events, including system usage 
 information and all requests.
-`ops.interval`:: *Default: 10000* Set the interval in milliseconds to sample system and process performance metrics. 
+`ops.interval`:: *Default: 5000* Set the interval in milliseconds to sample system and process performance metrics.
 The minimum value is 100.
 `status.allowAnonymous`:: *Default: false* If authentication is enabled, setting this to `true` allows
 unauthenticated users to access the Kibana server status API and status page.
diff --git a/src/server/config/schema.js b/src/server/config/schema.js
index 3fb32f84c0131..55f4d31bad6c3 100644
--- a/src/server/config/schema.js
+++ b/src/server/config/schema.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module.exports = () => Joi.object({
   .default(),
 
   ops: Joi.object({
-    interval: Joi.number().default(10000),
+    interval: Joi.number().default(5000),
   }),
 
   plugins: Joi.object({