diff --git a/compas_python_utils/preprocessing/compasConfigDefault.yaml b/compas_python_utils/preprocessing/compasConfigDefault.yaml
index 89ab35b98..1b50dcb9f 100644
--- a/compas_python_utils/preprocessing/compasConfigDefault.yaml
+++ b/compas_python_utils/preprocessing/compasConfigDefault.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ numericalChoices:
 #    --hdf5-buffer-size: 1                                                 # Default: 1
 #    --log-level: 0                                                        # Default: 0
 #    --mass-change-fraction: 0.001000                                      # Default: 0.001000                                                                                                                                                                         # approximate desired fractional changes in stellar mass per timestep
-#    --maximum-evolution-time: 14021.28                                    # Default: 14021.28                                                                                                                                                                         # maximum physical time a system can be evolved [Myr]
+#    --maximum-evolution-time: 14031                                       # Default: 14031 (Hubble time)                                                                                                                                                                        # maximum physical time a system can be evolved [Myr]
 #    --maximum-number-timestep-iterations: 99999                           # Default: 99999
 #    --number-of-systems: 10                                               # Default: 10                                                                                                                                                                               # number of systems per batch
 #    --radial-change-fraction: 0.100000                                    # Default: 0.100000                                                                                                                                                                         # approximate desired fractional changes in stellar radius per timestep
diff --git a/online-docs/pages/User guide/Program options/program-options-list-defaults.rst b/online-docs/pages/User guide/Program options/program-options-list-defaults.rst
index f58250522..1ec3af03a 100644
--- a/online-docs/pages/User guide/Program options/program-options-list-defaults.rst	
+++ b/online-docs/pages/User guide/Program options/program-options-list-defaults.rst	
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ Default = 10.0
 
 **--maximum-evolution-time** |br|
 Maximum time to evolve binaries (Myr). Evolution of the binary will stop if this number is reached. |br|
-Default = 13700.0
+Default = Hubble time (i.e., 14031 Myr)
 
 **--maximum-mass-donor-nandez-ivanova** |br|
 Maximum donor mass allowed for the revised common envelope formalism of Nandez & Ivanova (:math:`M_\odot`). |br|