diff --git a/mypy/defaults.py b/mypy/defaults.py
index 02562b5f0963..d167997464f4 100644
--- a/mypy/defaults.py
+++ b/mypy/defaults.py
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@
 ]
 
 # Threshold after which we sometimes filter out most errors to avoid very
-# verbose output
-MANY_ERRORS_THRESHOLD: Final = 200
+# verbose output. The default is to show all errors.
+MANY_ERRORS_THRESHOLD: Final = -1