diff --git a/docs/core_components/search/for_python_developers.rst b/docs/core_components/search/for_python_developers.rst
index b254a2e1f9..34f445e7fe 100644
--- a/docs/core_components/search/for_python_developers.rst
+++ b/docs/core_components/search/for_python_developers.rst
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Options
 ```````
 
  - **partial_match** (boolean) - Setting this to true allows results to be matched on parts of words. For example, this is set on the title field by default so a page titled "Hello World!" will be found if the user only types "Hel" into the search box.
- - **boost** (number) - This allows you to set fields as being more important than others. Setting this to a high number on a field will make pages with matches in that field to be ranked higher. By default, this is set to 100 on the title field and 1 on all other fields.
+ - **boost** (number) - This allows you to set fields as being more important than others. Setting this to a high number on a field will make pages with matches in that field to be ranked higher. By default, this is set to 2 on the Page title field and 1 on all other fields.
  - **es_extra** (dict) - This field is to allow the developer to set or override any setting on the field in the ElasticSearch mapping. Use this if you want to make use of any ElasticSearch features that are not yet supported in Wagtail.
 
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
index cdb6231b10..2632a27e80 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class Page(six.with_metaclass(PageBase, MP_Node, ClusterableModel, index.Indexed
     expired = models.BooleanField(default=False, editable=False)
 
     search_fields = (
-        index.SearchField('title', partial_match=True, boost=100),
+        index.SearchField('title', partial_match=True, boost=2),
         index.FilterField('id'),
         index.FilterField('live'),
         index.FilterField('owner'),