diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c0cb24d709..f39a0aa700 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ when transferring files to and from build machines.
 File name of the Unix-domain socket @command{guix-daemon} is listening
 to on that machine.
 
-@item @code{overload-threshold} (default: @code{0.6})
+@item @code{overload-threshold} (default: @code{0.8})
 The load threshold above which a potential offload machine is
 disregarded by the offload scheduler.  The value roughly translates to
 the total processor usage of the build machine, ranging from 0.0 (0%) to
diff --git a/guix/scripts/offload.scm b/guix/scripts/offload.scm
index 8ab393c0ac..578b3b9888 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/offload.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/offload.scm
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ (define-record-type* <build-machine>
   ;; A #f value tells the offload scheduler to disregard the load of the build
   ;; machine when selecting the best offload machine.
   (overload-threshold build-machine-overload-threshold ; inexact real between
-                      (default 0.6))                   ; 0.0 and 1.0 | #f
+                      (default 0.8))                   ; 0.0 and 1.0 | #f
   (parallel-builds build-machine-parallel-builds  ; number
                    (default 1))
   (speed           build-machine-speed            ; inexact real