diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index bd8178826f7..79e559a3ea0 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -63113,7 +63113,7 @@
       "type": "string"
      },
      "failedJobsHistoryLimit": {
-      "description": "The number of failed finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified.",
+      "description": "The number of failed finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified. Defaults to 1.",
       "type": "integer",
       "format": "int32"
      },
@@ -63131,7 +63131,7 @@
       "format": "int64"
      },
      "successfulJobsHistoryLimit": {
-      "description": "The number of successful finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified.",
+      "description": "The number of successful finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified. Defaults to 3.",
       "type": "integer",
       "format": "int32"
      },
diff --git a/api/swagger-spec/batch_v1beta1.json b/api/swagger-spec/batch_v1beta1.json
index 366230779b1..b53a81323b8 100644
--- a/api/swagger-spec/batch_v1beta1.json
+++ b/api/swagger-spec/batch_v1beta1.json
@@ -1497,12 +1497,12 @@
      "successfulJobsHistoryLimit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "format": "int32",
-      "description": "The number of successful finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified."
+      "description": "The number of successful finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified. Defaults to 3."
      },
      "failedJobsHistoryLimit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "format": "int32",
-      "description": "The number of failed finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified."
+      "description": "The number of failed finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified. Defaults to 1."
      }
     }
    },
diff --git a/docs/api-reference/batch/v1beta1/definitions.html b/docs/api-reference/batch/v1beta1/definitions.html
index c12abd10008..b0aef880643 100755
--- a/docs/api-reference/batch/v1beta1/definitions.html
+++ b/docs/api-reference/batch/v1beta1/definitions.html
@@ -3428,14 +3428,14 @@ When an object is created, the system will populate this list with the current s
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">successfulJobsHistoryLimit</p></td>
-<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The number of successful finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified.</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The number of successful finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified. Defaults to 3.</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">false</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">integer (int32)</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">failedJobsHistoryLimit</p></td>
-<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The number of failed finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified.</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The number of failed finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified. Defaults to 1.</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">false</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">integer (int32)</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1/generated.proto
index f8aa2f32841..f7b871632b2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1/generated.proto
@@ -85,11 +85,13 @@ message CronJobSpec {
 
   // The number of successful finished jobs to retain.
   // This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified.
+  // Defaults to 3.
   // +optional
   optional int32 successfulJobsHistoryLimit = 6;
 
   // The number of failed finished jobs to retain.
   // This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified.
+  // Defaults to 1.
   // +optional
   optional int32 failedJobsHistoryLimit = 7;
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index 6da290d1f01..f4c74e4327e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ var map_CronJobSpec = map[string]string{
 	"concurrencyPolicy":          "Specifies how to treat concurrent executions of a Job. Defaults to Allow.",
 	"suspend":                    "This flag tells the controller to suspend subsequent executions, it does not apply to already started executions.  Defaults to false.",
 	"jobTemplate":                "Specifies the job that will be created when executing a CronJob.",
-	"successfulJobsHistoryLimit": "The number of successful finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified.",
-	"failedJobsHistoryLimit":     "The number of failed finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified.",
+	"successfulJobsHistoryLimit": "The number of successful finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified. Defaults to 3.",
+	"failedJobsHistoryLimit":     "The number of failed finished jobs to retain. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified. Defaults to 1.",
 }
 
 func (CronJobSpec) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {