diff --git a/clientv3/integration/txn_test.go b/clientv3/integration/txn_test.go
index 1634a65da1b..064be976dd9 100644
--- a/clientv3/integration/txn_test.go
+++ b/clientv3/integration/txn_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/clientv3"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/embed"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/rpctypes"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/integration"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/testutil"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestTxnError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", rpctypes.ErrDuplicateKey, err)
 	}
 
-	ops := make([]clientv3.Op, v3rpc.MaxTxnOps+10)
+	ops := make([]clientv3.Op, int(embed.DefaultMaxTxnOps+10))
 	for i := range ops {
 		ops[i] = clientv3.OpPut(fmt.Sprintf("foo%d", i), "")
 	}
diff --git a/etcdmain/config.go b/etcdmain/config.go
index 88bae686c92..2c46e1db3be 100644
--- a/etcdmain/config.go
+++ b/etcdmain/config.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func newConfig() *config {
 	fs.UintVar(&cfg.TickMs, "heartbeat-interval", cfg.TickMs, "Time (in milliseconds) of a heartbeat interval.")
 	fs.UintVar(&cfg.ElectionMs, "election-timeout", cfg.ElectionMs, "Time (in milliseconds) for an election to timeout.")
 	fs.Int64Var(&cfg.QuotaBackendBytes, "quota-backend-bytes", cfg.QuotaBackendBytes, "Raise alarms when backend size exceeds the given quota. 0 means use the default quota.")
-	fs.UintVar(&cfg.MaxTxnOps, "max-txn-ops", cfg.MaxTxnOps, "Maximum operations per txn that etcd server allows; defaults to 128.")
+	fs.UintVar(&cfg.MaxTxnOps, "max-txn-ops", cfg.MaxTxnOps, "Maximum number of operations permitted in a transaction.")
 
 	// clustering
 	fs.Var(flags.NewURLsValue(embed.DefaultInitialAdvertisePeerURLs), "initial-advertise-peer-urls", "List of this member's peer URLs to advertise to the rest of the cluster.")
diff --git a/etcdmain/help.go b/etcdmain/help.go
index 02e6707ddad..b3653887aa4 100644
--- a/etcdmain/help.go
+++ b/etcdmain/help.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ member flags:
 	--quota-backend-bytes '0'
 		raise alarms when backend size exceeds the given quota (0 defaults to low space quota).
 	--max-txn-ops '128' 
-		maximum operations per txn that etcd server allows; defaults to 128.
+		maximum number of operations permitted in a transaction.
 
 clustering flags:
 
diff --git a/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/key.go b/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/key.go
index de03556714b..b2ae1adeeed 100644
--- a/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/key.go
+++ b/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/key.go
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ func checkDeleteRequest(r *pb.DeleteRangeRequest) error {
 }
 
 func checkTxnRequest(r *pb.TxnRequest, maxTxnOps int) error {
-	plog.Infof("maxTxnOps %v", maxTxnOps)
 	if len(r.Compare) > maxTxnOps || len(r.Success) > maxTxnOps || len(r.Failure) > maxTxnOps {
 		return rpctypes.ErrGRPCTooManyOps
 	}
diff --git a/integration/cluster.go b/integration/cluster.go
index 3278bc232dd..38868694ccf 100644
--- a/integration/cluster.go
+++ b/integration/cluster.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/client"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/clientv3"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/embed"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v2http"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3client"
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ type ClusterConfig struct {
 	DiscoveryURL      string
 	UseGRPC           bool
 	QuotaBackendBytes int64
+	MaxTxnOps         uint
 }
 
 type cluster struct {
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ func (c *cluster) mustNewMember(t *testing.T) *member {
 			peerTLS:           c.cfg.PeerTLS,
 			clientTLS:         c.cfg.ClientTLS,
 			quotaBackendBytes: c.cfg.QuotaBackendBytes,
+			maxTxnOps:         c.cfg.MaxTxnOps,
 		})
 	m.DiscoveryURL = c.cfg.DiscoveryURL
 	if c.cfg.UseGRPC {
@@ -490,6 +493,7 @@ type memberConfig struct {
 	peerTLS           *transport.TLSInfo
 	clientTLS         *transport.TLSInfo
 	quotaBackendBytes int64
+	maxTxnOps         uint
 }
 
 // mustNewMember return an inited member with the given name. If peerTLS is
@@ -537,6 +541,10 @@ func mustNewMember(t *testing.T, mcfg memberConfig) *member {
 	m.ElectionTicks = electionTicks
 	m.TickMs = uint(tickDuration / time.Millisecond)
 	m.QuotaBackendBytes = mcfg.quotaBackendBytes
+	m.MaxTxnOps = mcfg.maxTxnOps
+	if m.MaxTxnOps == 0 {
+		m.MaxTxnOps = embed.DefaultMaxTxnOps
+	}
 	m.AuthToken = "simple" // for the purpose of integration testing, simple token is enough
 	return m
 }
diff --git a/integration/v3_grpc_test.go b/integration/v3_grpc_test.go
index b5c88997d9e..87acdb1c3b6 100644
--- a/integration/v3_grpc_test.go
+++ b/integration/v3_grpc_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/clientv3"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/rpctypes"
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/testutil"
@@ -150,7 +149,8 @@ func TestV3CompactCurrentRev(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestV3TxnTooManyOps(t *testing.T) {
 	defer testutil.AfterTest(t)
-	clus := NewClusterV3(t, &ClusterConfig{Size: 3})
+	maxTxnOps := uint(128)
+	clus := NewClusterV3(t, &ClusterConfig{Size: 3, MaxTxnOps: maxTxnOps})
 	defer clus.Terminate(t)
 
 	kvc := toGRPC(clus.RandClient()).KV
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func TestV3TxnTooManyOps(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i, tt := range tests {
 		txn := &pb.TxnRequest{}
-		for j := 0; j < v3rpc.MaxTxnOps+1; j++ {
+		for j := 0; j < int(maxTxnOps+1); j++ {
 			tt(txn)
 		}