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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ We retain two different snapshot chains, one for `pacman` transactions that only
 
 Whenever an important package is affected by a transaction a snapshot goes into the corresponding chain. In all other cases - when an important package is not affected - snapshots go into the trivial chain.
 
-The _trivial_ snapshot chain by default keeps 25 snapshots, the _important_ chain keeps 5. The thought process here is that you will likely not futz around with a kernel every day whereas you may very well install arbitrary packages multiple times a day. Snapshots should keep you safe for a couple of days hence the defaults of 5 and 15 snapshots, respectively.
+The _trivial_ snapshot chain by default keeps 25 snapshots, the _important_ chain keeps 5. The thought process here is that you will likely not futz around with a kernel every day whereas you may very well install arbitrary packages multiple times a day. Snapshots should keep you safe for a couple of days hence the defaults of 5 and 25 snapshots, respectively.
 
 Snapshots may look like so:
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