diff --git a/docs/configuration/miscellaneous.md b/docs/configuration/miscellaneous.md
index cd34b3e51..728e61dca 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/miscellaneous.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/miscellaneous.md
@@ -207,28 +207,22 @@ The maximum execution time of a background task (such as running a custom script
 
 ---
 
-## RQ_RETRY_MAX
-
-!!! note
-    This parameter was added in NetBox v3.5.
-
-Default: `1`
-
-The maximum number of times a background task will be retried before being marked as failed.
-
----
-
 ## RQ_RETRY_INTERVAL
 
 !!! note
     This parameter was added in NetBox v3.5.
 
-Default: `[]`
+Default: `60`
 
-The number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed background task. This is a list of integers which will be used 
-as an interval. For example, `[60, 300, 3600]` will retry the task after 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 1 hour.
-
-!!! warning
-    If you use the interval, you should run your workers with `--with-scheduler` argument.
+This parameter controls how frequently a failed job is retried, up to the maximum number of times specified by `RQ_RETRY_MAX`. This must be either an integer specifying the number of seconds to wait between successive attempts, or a list of such values. For example, `[60, 300, 3600]` will retry the task after 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 1 hour.
 
 ---
+
+## RQ_RETRY_MAX
+
+!!! note
+    This parameter was added in NetBox v3.5.
+
+Default: `0`
+
+The maximum number of times a background task will be retried before being marked as failed.
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 833eaf9ba..ce5c4bee3 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ REMOTE_AUTH_STAFF_USERS = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_STAFF_USERS', [])
 REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SEPARATOR = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SEPARATOR', '|')
 REPORTS_ROOT = getattr(configuration, 'REPORTS_ROOT', os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'reports')).rstrip('/')
 RQ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = getattr(configuration, 'RQ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT', 300)
-RQ_RETRY_MAX = getattr(configuration, 'RQ_RETRY_MAX', 1)
-RQ_RETRY_INTERVAL = getattr(configuration, 'RQ_RETRY_INTERVAL', [])
+RQ_RETRY_INTERVAL = getattr(configuration, 'RQ_RETRY_INTERVAL', 60)
+RQ_RETRY_MAX = getattr(configuration, 'RQ_RETRY_MAX', 0)
 SCRIPTS_ROOT = getattr(configuration, 'SCRIPTS_ROOT', os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'scripts')).rstrip('/')
 SEARCH_BACKEND = getattr(configuration, 'SEARCH_BACKEND', 'netbox.search.backends.CachedValueSearchBackend')
 SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = getattr(configuration, 'SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT', False)