diff --git a/docs/source/api/plugin/cache-control.md b/docs/source/api/plugin/cache-control.md
index c69cd169ba8..31e85398e68 100644
--- a/docs/source/api/plugin/cache-control.md
+++ b/docs/source/api/plugin/cache-control.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const server = new ApolloServer({
   plugins: [
     ApolloServerPluginCacheControl({
       // Cache everything for 1 second by default.
-      defaultMaxAge: 1000,
+      defaultMaxAge: 1,
       // Don't send the `cache-control` response header.
       calculateHttpHeaders: false,
     }),