diff --git a/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/camera.rst b/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/camera.rst
index e15b06e749..a880a2b62d 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/camera.rst
+++ b/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/camera.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ near clip
 
 :Type:		floating point
 :Range:		> 0
-:Default:	1.0
+:Default:	3.0
 
 This setting controls the distance to the near clipping plane. The value must be greater than zero.
 Values greater than approximately 18.0 will occasionally clip objects in the world in front of the character.
diff --git a/files/settings-default.cfg b/files/settings-default.cfg
index ea678c70f6..ecce453d42 100644
--- a/files/settings-default.cfg
+++ b/files/settings-default.cfg
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 [Camera]
 
 # Near clipping plane (>0.0, e.g. 0.01 to 18.0).
-near clip = 1
+near clip = 3
 
 # Cull objects that occupy less than 'small feature culling pixel size' on the screen.
 small feature culling = true