diff --git a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
index 829b4be0ed..554d0fbd45 100644
--- a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
         <varname>MemoryPressureWatch=</varname> and <varname>MemoryPressureThresholdSec=</varname>
         settings. See
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-        for details. Defaults to <literal>auto</literal> and <literal>100ms</literal>, respectively. This
+        for details. Defaults to <literal>auto</literal> and <literal>200ms</literal>, respectively. This
         also sets the memory pressure monitoring threshold for the service manager itself.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
diff --git a/man/systemd.resource-control.xml b/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
index d18fd9a94c..21e4342165 100644
--- a/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
@@ -1332,10 +1332,10 @@ DeviceAllow=/dev/loop-control
 
         <listitem><para>Sets the memory pressure threshold time for memory pressure monitor as configured via
         <varname>MemoryPressureWatch=</varname>. Specifies the maximum allocation latency before a memory
-        pressure event is signalled to the service, per 1s window. If not specified defaults to the
+        pressure event is signalled to the service, per 2s window. If not specified defaults to the
         <varname>DefaultMemoryPressureThresholdSec=</varname> setting in
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-        (which in turn defaults to 100ms). The specified value expects a time unit such as
+        (which in turn defaults to 200ms). The specified value expects a time unit such as
         <literal>ms</literal> or <literal>µs</literal>, see
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
         details on the permitted syntax.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/src/basic/psi-util.h b/src/basic/psi-util.h
index 558a130996..bf8f4fe51c 100644
--- a/src/basic/psi-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/psi-util.h
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ int is_pressure_supported(void);
 
 /* Default parameters for memory pressure watch logic in sd-event and PID 1 */
 #define MEMORY_PRESSURE_DEFAULT_TYPE "some"
-#define MEMORY_PRESSURE_DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_USEC (100 * USEC_PER_MSEC)
-#define MEMORY_PRESSURE_DEFAULT_WINDOW_USEC USEC_PER_SEC
+#define MEMORY_PRESSURE_DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_USEC (200 * USEC_PER_MSEC)
+#define MEMORY_PRESSURE_DEFAULT_WINDOW_USEC (2 * USEC_PER_SEC)
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
index 413ac16aa2..f11f35ef6e 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
@@ -2005,7 +2005,9 @@ _public_ int sd_event_add_memory_pressure(
                  *     some 100000 1000000
                  *     full 100000 1000000
                  *
-                 * We'll default to the middle level that both agree on */
+                 * We'll default to the middle level that both agree on. Except we do it on a 2s window
+                 * (i.e. 200ms per 2s, rather than 100ms per 1s), because that's the window duration the
+                 * kernel will allow us to do unprivileged, also in the future. */
                 if (asprintf((char**) &write_buffer,
                              "%s " USEC_FMT " " USEC_FMT,
                              MEMORY_PRESSURE_DEFAULT_TYPE,
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-79.sh b/test/units/testsuite-79.sh
index b11923bc07..cced3205c5 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-79.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-79.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ test -w "$MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH"
 
 ls -al "$MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH"
 
-EXPECTED="$(echo -n -e "some 123000 1000000\x00" | base64)"
+EXPECTED="$(echo -n -e "some 123000 2000000\x00" | base64)"
 
 test "$EXPECTED" = "$MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE"