diff --git a/docs/content/configuration.md b/docs/content/configuration.md
index 45c5de6..612c505 100644
--- a/docs/content/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/content/configuration.md
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ configuration variable required for each command.
       ([GitHub](https://github.com/Menci/docker-archlinuxarm)). This is the
       image used for the Vieter CI builds.
 * `max_log_age`: maximum age of logs (in days). Logs older than this will get
-  cleaned by the log removal daemon. If set to a negative value, no logs are
-  ever removed. The age of logs is determined by the time the build was
-  started.
-    * Default: `-1`
+  cleaned by the log removal daemon. If set to zero, no logs are ever removed.
+  The age of logs is determined by the time the build was started.
+    * Default: `0`
 * `log_removal_schedule`: cron schedule defining when to clean old logs.
     * Default: `0 0` (every day at midnight)
 
diff --git a/src/server/cli.v b/src/server/cli.v
index 795f764..aec93ca 100644
--- a/src/server/cli.v
+++ b/src/server/cli.v
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub:
 	default_arch         string
 	global_schedule      string = '0 3'
 	base_image           string = 'archlinux:base-devel'
-	max_log_age          int    = -1
+	max_log_age          int [empty_default]
 	log_removal_schedule string = '0 0'
 }