diff --git a/api/tasks.go b/api/tasks.go
index 95a01eb72..cff892489 100644
--- a/api/tasks.go
+++ b/api/tasks.go
@@ -340,17 +340,17 @@ func (g *TaskGroup) Canonicalize(job *Job) {
 	switch *job.Type {
 	case "service", "system":
 		defaultRestartPolicy = &RestartPolicy{
-			Delay:    helper.TimeToPtr(15 * time.Second),
-			Attempts: helper.IntToPtr(2),
-			Interval: helper.TimeToPtr(1 * time.Minute),
-			Mode:     helper.StringToPtr("delay"),
+			Delay:    helper.TimeToPtr(structs.DefaultServiceJobRestartPolicy.Delay),
+			Attempts: helper.IntToPtr(structs.DefaultServiceJobRestartPolicy.Attempts),
+			Interval: helper.TimeToPtr(structs.DefaultServiceJobRestartPolicy.Interval),
+			Mode:     helper.StringToPtr(structs.DefaultServiceJobRestartPolicy.Mode),
 		}
 	default:
 		defaultRestartPolicy = &RestartPolicy{
-			Delay:    helper.TimeToPtr(15 * time.Second),
-			Attempts: helper.IntToPtr(15),
-			Interval: helper.TimeToPtr(7 * 24 * time.Hour),
-			Mode:     helper.StringToPtr("delay"),
+			Delay:    helper.TimeToPtr(structs.DefaultBatchJobRestartPolicy.Delay),
+			Attempts: helper.IntToPtr(structs.DefaultBatchJobRestartPolicy.Attempts),
+			Interval: helper.TimeToPtr(structs.DefaultBatchJobRestartPolicy.Interval),
+			Mode:     helper.StringToPtr(structs.DefaultBatchJobRestartPolicy.Mode),
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index a3674c2fd..bcc408074 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -2510,16 +2510,16 @@ func (d *DispatchPayloadConfig) Validate() error {
 }
 
 var (
-	defaultServiceJobRestartPolicy = RestartPolicy{
+	DefaultServiceJobRestartPolicy = RestartPolicy{
 		Delay:    15 * time.Second,
 		Attempts: 2,
-		Interval: 1 * time.Minute,
+		Interval: 30 * time.Minute,
 		Mode:     RestartPolicyModeFail,
 	}
-	defaultBatchJobRestartPolicy = RestartPolicy{
+	DefaultBatchJobRestartPolicy = RestartPolicy{
 		Delay:    15 * time.Second,
-		Attempts: 15,
-		Interval: 7 * 24 * time.Hour,
+		Attempts: 3,
+		Interval: 24 * time.Hour,
 		Mode:     RestartPolicyModeFail,
 	}
 )
@@ -2604,10 +2604,10 @@ func (r *RestartPolicy) Validate() error {
 func NewRestartPolicy(jobType string) *RestartPolicy {
 	switch jobType {
 	case JobTypeService, JobTypeSystem:
-		rp := defaultServiceJobRestartPolicy
+		rp := DefaultServiceJobRestartPolicy
 		return &rp
 	case JobTypeBatch:
-		rp := defaultBatchJobRestartPolicy
+		rp := DefaultBatchJobRestartPolicy
 		return &rp
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/website/source/api/json-jobs.html.md b/website/source/api/json-jobs.html.md
index 25251c78d..e705bfa07 100644
--- a/website/source/api/json-jobs.html.md
+++ b/website/source/api/json-jobs.html.md
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ Below is the JSON representation of the job outputted by `$ nomad init`:
                 "Leader": false
             }],
             "RestartPolicy": {
-                "Interval": 300000000000,
-                "Attempts": 10,
-                "Delay": 25000000000,
-                "Mode": "delay"
+                "Interval": 1800000000000,
+                "Attempts": 2,
+                "Delay": 15000000000,
+                "Mode": "fail"
             },
             "EphemeralDisk": {
                 "SizeMB": 300