diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index c1a7d7bd..ec05c6fc 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static mi_option_desc_t options[_mi_option_last] =
   { MI_DEFAULT_GUARDED_SAMPLE_RATE,
          UNINIT, MI_OPTION(guarded_sample_rate)},       // 1 out of N allocations in the min/max range will be guarded (=4000)
   { 0,   UNINIT, MI_OPTION(guarded_sample_seed)},
-  { 2,   UNINIT, MI_OPTION(target_segments_per_thread) }, // abandon segments beyond this point, or 0 to disable.
+  { 1,   UNINIT, MI_OPTION(target_segments_per_thread) }, // abandon segments beyond this point, or 0 to disable.
   { 1,   UNINIT, MI_OPTION(segment_binning) },          // use segment size bins to reduce fragmentation in large workloads
 };