diff --git a/redis/README.md b/redis/README.md
index 672df0ad..9b43635b 100644
--- a/redis/README.md
+++ b/redis/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Everything is in the `tasks/main.yml` file.
 
 Main variables are :
 
-* `redis_daemon`: name of the process ;
 * `redis_conf_dir`: config directory ;
 * `redis_port`: listening TCP port ;
 * `redis_bind_interface`: listening IP address ;
@@ -20,5 +19,6 @@ Main variables are :
 * `redis_socket_dir`: Unix socket directory ;
 * `redis_log_level`: log verbosity ;
 * `redis_log_dir`: log file directory.
+* `redis_maxmemory`: max memory (0 for no limit)
 
 The full list of variables (with default values) can be found in `defaults/main.yml`.
diff --git a/redis/defaults/main.yml b/redis/defaults/main.yml
index 7fb07ea0..38faa67c 100644
--- a/redis/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/redis/defaults/main.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ redis_rdbcompression: True
 redis_data_dir: /var/lib/redis
 redis_data_file: dump.rdb
 
-redis_maxclients: 128
+redis_maxclients: 10000
 
 redis_maxmemory: 0
 redis_maxmemory_policy: "noeviction"