diff --git a/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/camera.rst b/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/camera.rst
index 5701947dc4..c30dcb3f3b 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/camera.rst
+++ b/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/camera.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ viewing distance
 
 :Type:		floating point
 :Range:		> 0
-:Default:	6656.0
+:Default:	7168.0
 
 This value controls the maximum visible distance (also called the far clipping plane).
 Larger values significantly improve rendering in exterior spaces,
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_settings_window.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_settings_window.layout
index f61af5a100..14ab7c9de5 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_settings_window.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_settings_window.layout
@@ -377,25 +377,25 @@
                             <Property key="Caption" value="#{sRender_Distance}"/>
                         </Widget>
                         <Widget type="ScrollBar" skin="MW_HScroll" position="0 154 352 18" align="HStretch Top" name="RenderingDistanceSlider">
-                            <Property key="Range" value="4609"/>
+                            <Property key="Range" value="4669"/>
                             <Property key="Page" value="128"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingType" value="Slider"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingCategory" value="Camera"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingName" value="viewing distance"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingValueType" value="Integer"/>
-                            <UserString key="SettingMin" value="2048"/>
-                            <UserString key="SettingMax" value="6656"/>
+                            <UserString key="SettingMin" value="2500"/>
+                            <UserString key="SettingMax" value="7168"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingLabelWidget" value="RenderDistanceLabel"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingLabelCaption" value="#{sRender_Distance} (%s)"/>
                         </Widget>
                         <Widget type="ScrollBar" skin="MW_HScroll" position="0 154 352 18" align="HStretch Top" name="LargeRenderingDistanceSlider">
-                            <Property key="Range" value="79873"/>
+                            <Property key="Range" value="79421"/>
                             <Property key="Page" value="2048"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingType" value="Slider"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingCategory" value="Camera"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingName" value="viewing distance"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingValueType" value="Cell"/>
-                            <UserString key="SettingMin" value="2048"/>
+                            <UserString key="SettingMin" value="2500"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingMax" value="81920"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingLabelWidget" value="RenderDistanceLabel"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingLabelCaption" value="#{sRender_Distance} (x%s)"/>
diff --git a/files/settings-default.cfg b/files/settings-default.cfg
index c8805faa39..d0793fc819 100644
--- a/files/settings-default.cfg
+++ b/files/settings-default.cfg
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ small feature culling pixel size = 2.0
 
 # Maximum visible distance. Caution: this setting
 # can dramatically affect performance, see documentation for details.
-viewing distance = 6656.0
+viewing distance = 7168.0
 
 # Camera field of view in degrees (e.g. 30.0 to 110.0).
 # Does not affect the player's hands in the first person camera.