diff --git a/redis.c b/redis.c
index 375a31f8..839b0b3b 100644
--- a/redis.c
+++ b/redis.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static void initServerConfig() {
     server.glueoutputbuf = 1;
     server.daemonize = 0;
     server.appendonly = 0;
-    server.appendfsync = APPENDFSYNC_EVERYSEC;
+    server.appendfsync = APPENDFSYNC_NO;
     server.lastfsync = time(NULL);
     server.appendfd = -1;
     server.appendseldb = -1; /* Make sure the first time will not match */
diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf
index 610049ef..a7ec36a0 100644
--- a/redis.conf
+++ b/redis.conf
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ databases 16
 # like (you have to comment the "save" statements above to disable the dumps).
 # Still if append only mode is enabled Redis will load the data from the
 # log file at startup ignoring the dump.rdb file.
+#
+# The name of the append only file is "appendonly.log"
 
 # appendonly yes