diff --git a/README b/README
index 146cfa1c..6acaeba4 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ For building under Windows with Visual Studio, see the file
 "ide/winvs/README.md".
 
 NOTE: On resource constrained devices the DEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ may need to be set
-to a lower size. By default channels are set to handle 1 Mb of data being sent
-and received. An example of setting a lower window size for new channels would
-be as follows "./configure CPPFLAGS=-DDEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ=16384"
+to a lower size. It can also be increased in desktop use cases to help with
+large file transfers. By default channels are set to handle 16,384 bytes of data
+being sent and received. An example of setting a window size for new channels
+would be as follows "./configure CPPFLAGS=-DDEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ=16384"
 
 examples
 --------
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a81b3e6..db6ac8d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ For building under Windows with Visual Studio, see the file
 "ide/winvs/README.md".
 
 NOTE: On resource constrained devices the DEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ may need to be set
-to a lower size. By default channels are set to handle 1 Mb of data being sent
-and received. An example of setting a lower window size for new channels would
-be as follows "./configure CPPFLAGS=-DDEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ=16384"
+to a lower size. It can also be increased in desktop use cases to help with
+large file transfers. By default channels are set to handle 16,384 bytes of data
+being sent and received. An example of setting a window size for new channels
+would be as follows "./configure CPPFLAGS=-DDEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ=16384"
 
 examples
 --------
diff --git a/wolfssh/internal.h b/wolfssh/internal.h
index 59272647..7037e632 100644
--- a/wolfssh/internal.h
+++ b/wolfssh/internal.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ enum {
     #define DEFAULT_HIGHWATER_MARK ((1024 * 1024 * 1024) - (32 * 1024))
 #endif
 #ifndef DEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ
-    #define DEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ (1024 * 1024)
+    #define DEFAULT_WINDOW_SZ 16384
 #endif
 #ifndef DEFAULT_MAX_PACKET_SZ
     #define DEFAULT_MAX_PACKET_SZ (16 * 1024)