diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 7e945dba2..1d5b25e55 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ rm -rf config                      # remove not needed directory
         In cookie mode, the password is stored, encrypted with the blowfish
         algorithm, in a temporary cookie.</li>
 
-    <li id="pmausr">Note: starting with phpMyAdmin 2.6.1, this section is only applicable if
+    <li id="pmausr">Note: this section is only applicable if
         your MySQL server is running with <tt>--skip-show-database</tt>.<br /><br />
 
         For '<abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr>' and 'cookie'
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ since this link provides funding for phpMyAdmin.
     <dd>This special account is used for 2 distinct purposes: to make possible
         all relational features (see
         <a href="#pmadb" class="configrule">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']</a>)
-        and, for a MySQL server previous to 4.1.2 or running with
+        and, for a MySQL server running with
         <tt>--skip-show-database</tt>, to enable a multi-user installation
         (<abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> or cookie
         authentication mode).<br /><br />
@@ -1361,8 +1361,8 @@ CREATE DATABASE,ALTER DATABASE,DROP DATABASE</pre>
     <dd>Define how long is login cookie valid. Please note that php
         configuration option <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-maxlifetime">session.gc_maxlifetime</a> 
         might limit session validity and if session is lost, login cookie is
-        also invalidated. So it is good idea to set <code>session.gc_maxlifetime</code> 
-        at least as high is $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] is set.</dd>
+        also invalidated. So it is a good idea to set <code>session.gc_maxlifetime</code> 
+        not lower than the value of $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'].</dd>
 
     <dt id="cfg_LoginCookieStore">$cfg['LoginCookieStore'] integer [number of seconds]</dt>
     <dd>Define how long is login cookie should be stored in browser. Default 0
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index 7b24d8700..cd6ef6b6c 100755
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -587,11 +587,12 @@ $cfg['Confirm'] = true;
 $cfg['LoginCookieRecall'] = true;
 
 /**
- * validity of cookie login (in seconds; 1800 seconds is 30 minutes)
+ * validity of cookie login (in seconds; 1440 matches php.ini's
+ * session.gc_maxlifetime)
  *
  * @global integer $cfg['LoginCookieValidity']
  */
-$cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] = 1800;
+$cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] = 1440;
 
 /**
  * how long login cookie should be stored (in seconds)