diff --git a/docs/documentation/getting-started/configuration/index.markdown b/docs/documentation/getting-started/configuration/index.markdown
index b04884a5..ab4145e2 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/getting-started/configuration/index.markdown
+++ b/docs/documentation/getting-started/configuration/index.markdown
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ The following variables are settable:
   * Number of concurrent connections to Git repository - useful when your Git server limits the number of simultaneous connections while using SSH (like Gitlab CE).
 
 * `:git_wait_interval`
-  * **default:** `3`
+  * **default:** `0`
   * Number of seconds to wait after you reach the limit of concurrent connections to Git repository server and disconnect afterwards to initialize new connections. This prevents from being cut out of SSH server when you use `fail2ban` or similar software for limiting connections to server.
 
 Capistrano plugins can provide their own configuration variables. Please refer
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/scm/git.rb b/lib/capistrano/scm/git.rb
index 03fb9aad..97ca9d01 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/scm/git.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/scm/git.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Capistrano::SCM::Git < Capistrano::SCM::Plugin
       }
     }
     set_if_empty :git_max_concurrent_connections, 10
-    set_if_empty :git_wait_interval, 3
+    set_if_empty :git_wait_interval, 0
   end
 
   def register_hooks
diff --git a/spec/lib/capistrano/scm/git_spec.rb b/spec/lib/capistrano/scm/git_spec.rb
index 687a39b5..86631de8 100644
--- a/spec/lib/capistrano/scm/git_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/capistrano/scm/git_spec.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module Capistrano
 
       it "makes git_wait_interval" do
         subject.set_defaults
-        expect(env.fetch(:git_wait_interval)).to eq(3)
+        expect(env.fetch(:git_wait_interval)).to eq(0)
         env.set(:git_wait_interval, 5)
         expect(env.fetch(:git_wait_interval)).to eq(5)
       end