diff --git a/manuals/ponysay.texinfo b/manuals/ponysay.texinfo
index 30474d81..02de4fec 100644
--- a/manuals/ponysay.texinfo
+++ b/manuals/ponysay.texinfo
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ balloon style is specified a fallback style will be used.
 @itemx --wrap COLUMN
 @opindex @option{-W}
 @opindex @option{--wrap}
-Specify the screen column where the message should be wrapped, this is by default 460,
+Specify the screen column where the message should be wrapped, this is by default 60,
 as with @command{cowsay}. The balloon's extra width is taken into consideration.
 
 If the argument is not a number, but starts instead with @code{n} (for ‘none’ or