diff --git a/assets/settings/default.json b/assets/settings/default.json
index 011766943c0..7c568873be4 100644
--- a/assets/settings/default.json
+++ b/assets/settings/default.json
@@ -998,8 +998,8 @@
     // Maximum length of the commit message title before a warning is shown.
     // Set to 0 to disable.
     //
-    // Default: 72
-    "commit_title_max_length": 72,
+    // Default: 0
+    "commit_title_max_length": 0,
   },
   "message_editor": {
     // Whether to automatically replace emoji shortcodes with emoji characters.
diff --git a/crates/settings_content/src/settings_content.rs b/crates/settings_content/src/settings_content.rs
index ec1ab6f08bd..9ac8b4b14fe 100644
--- a/crates/settings_content/src/settings_content.rs
+++ b/crates/settings_content/src/settings_content.rs
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ pub struct GitPanelSettingsContent {
     /// Maximum length of the commit message title before a warning is shown.
     /// Set to 0 to disable.
     ///
-    /// Default: 72
+    /// Default: 0
     pub commit_title_max_length: Option<usize>,
 }