diff --git a/man8/snap-pac.8 b/man8/snap-pac.8
index 9a4bc18..9c89ca2 100644
--- a/man8/snap-pac.8
+++ b/man8/snap-pac.8
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Default is "no".
 .RS 4
 Number of characters to limit length of descriptions used for snapper.
 
-Default is "256".
+Default is "72".
 .RE
 
 \fBLINK_MODULES=\fR\fB\fIyes\fR\fR\fB or \fR\fB\fIno\fR\fR
diff --git a/scripts/snap-pac b/scripts/snap-pac
index ca224d3..c66e355 100755
--- a/scripts/snap-pac
+++ b/scripts/snap-pac
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ SNAPPER_CONFIGS=$(awk -F'=' '/SNAPPER_CONFIGS/ {gsub(/"/, "", $2); print $2}' "$
 
 read_config "$SNAPPAC_CONFIG_FILE"
 
-readonly DESC_LIMIT=${DESC_LIMIT:-256}
+readonly DESC_LIMIT=${DESC_LIMIT:-72}
 readonly ABORT_ON_FAIL=${ABORT_ON_FAIL:-"no"}
 readonly LINK_MODULES=${LINK_MODULES:-"no"}
 readonly KERNEL_PACKAGE=${KERNEL_PACKAGE:-"linux"}