diff --git a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 413a58d4d..73afe7e21 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var (
 	maxExportSeries     = flag.Int("search.maxExportSeries", 10e6, "The maximum number of time series, which can be returned from /api/v1/export* APIs. This option allows limiting memory usage")
 	maxTSDBStatusSeries = flag.Int("search.maxTSDBStatusSeries", 10e6, "The maximum number of time series, which can be processed during the call to /api/v1/status/tsdb. This option allows limiting memory usage")
 	maxSeriesLimit      = flag.Int("search.maxSeries", 30e3, "The maximum number of time series, which can be returned from /api/v1/series. This option allows limiting memory usage")
-	maxDeleteSeries     = flag.Int("search.maxDeleteSeries", 30e3, "The maximum number of time series, which can be deleted using /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series. This option allows limiting memory usage")
+	maxDeleteSeries     = flag.Int("search.maxDeleteSeries", 1e6, "The maximum number of time series, which can be deleted using /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series. This option allows limiting memory usage")
 	maxLabelsAPISeries  = flag.Int("search.maxLabelsAPISeries", 1e6, "The maximum number of time series, which could be scanned when searching for the matching time series "+
 		"at /api/v1/labels and /api/v1/label/.../values. This option allows limiting memory usage and CPU usage. See also -search.maxLabelsAPIDuration, "+
 		"-search.maxTagKeys, -search.maxTagValues and -search.ignoreExtraFiltersAtLabelsAPI")