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 *Option*              | *Description* | *Default value*
 ----------------------|---------------|----------------
 | `--threads`           | The total number of worker threads to create                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 1               |
-| `--events`            | Limit for total number of requests. 0 means unlimited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 10000           |
-| `--time`              | Limit for total execution time in seconds. 0 (default) means unlimited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0               |
+| `--events`            | Limit for total number of requests. 0 (the default) means no limit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0               |
+| `--time`              | Limit for total execution time in seconds. 0 means no limit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 10              |
 | `--rate`              | Average transactions rate. The number specifies how many events (transactions) per seconds should be executed by all threads on average. 0 (default) means unlimited rate, i.e. events are executed as fast as possible                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0               |
 | `--thread-stack-size` | Size of stack for each thread                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 32K             |
 | `--report-interval`   | Periodically report intermediate statistics with a specified interval in seconds. Note that statistics produced by this option is per-interval rather than cumulative. 0 disables intermediate reports                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0               |