diff --git a/keydb.conf b/keydb.conf
index 349135f93..bf2bfd922 100644
--- a/keydb.conf
+++ b/keydb.conf
@@ -1881,6 +1881,13 @@ jemalloc-bg-thread yes
 #  Tuning this parameter is a tradeoff between locking overhead and distributing the workload over multiple cores
 # min-clients-per-thread 50
 
+# How often to run RDB load progress callback?
+# The callback runs during key load to ping other servers and prevent timeouts.
+# It also updates load time estimates.
+# Change these values to run it more or less often. It will run when either condition is true.
+# loading-process-events-interval-bytes 2097152 # Run when x bytes have been processed
+# loading-process-events-interval-keys 8192     # Run when x keys have been loaded
+
 # Avoid forwarding RREPLAY messages to other masters?
 #   WARNING: This setting is dangerous! You must be certain all masters are connected to each
 #   other in a true mesh topology or data loss will occur!
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 55f43b207..39a76c6da 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
 
     /* Long configs */
     createLongConfig("loading-process-events-interval-bytes", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LONG_MAX, g_pserver->loading_process_events_interval_bytes, 2*1024*1024, MEMORY_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
-    createLongConfig("loading-process-events-interval-keys", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LONG_MAX, g_pserver->loading_process_events_interval_keys, 10000, MEMORY_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
+    createLongConfig("loading-process-events-interval-keys", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LONG_MAX, g_pserver->loading_process_events_interval_keys, 8192, MEMORY_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     /* Unsigned Long configs */
     createULongConfig("active-defrag-max-scan-fields", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 1, LONG_MAX, cserver.active_defrag_max_scan_fields, 1000, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL), /* Default: keys with more than 1000 fields will be processed separately */
     createULongConfig("slowlog-max-len", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LONG_MAX, g_pserver->slowlog_max_len, 128, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),