diff --git a/man/coredns-k8s_external.7 b/man/coredns-k8s_external.7
index 657620c73..aa75c963c 100644
--- a/man/coredns-k8s_external.7
+++ b/man/coredns-k8s_external.7
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ By default the apex of the zone will look like the following (assuming the zone
 .nf
 example.org.    5 IN    SOA ns1.dns.example.org. hostmaster.example.org. (
                 12345      ; serial
-                14400      ; refresh (4 hours)
-                3600       ; retry (1 hour)
-                604800     ; expire (1 week)
-                5          ; minimum (4 hours)
+                7200       ; refresh (2 hours)
+                1800       ; retry (30 minutes)
+                86400      ; expire (1 day)
+                5          ; minimum (5 seconds)
                 )
 example.org        5 IN    NS ns1.dns.example.org.
 
diff --git a/plugin/k8s_external/README.md b/plugin/k8s_external/README.md
index 893a13158..f8621a4a0 100644
--- a/plugin/k8s_external/README.md
+++ b/plugin/k8s_external/README.md
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ By default the apex of the zone will look like the following (assuming the zone
 ~~~ dns
 example.org.	5 IN	SOA ns1.dns.example.org. hostmaster.example.org. (
 				12345      ; serial
-				14400      ; refresh (4 hours)
-				3600       ; retry (1 hour)
-				604800     ; expire (1 week)
-				5          ; minimum (4 hours)
+				7200       ; refresh (2 hours)
+				1800       ; retry (30 minutes)
+				86400      ; expire (1 day)
+				5          ; minimum (5 seconds)
 				)
 example.org		5 IN	NS ns1.dns.example.org.