diff --git a/bin/cqlsh b/bin/cqlsh
index e8994d8bed..27eef7bdc9 100755
--- a/bin/cqlsh
+++ b/bin/cqlsh
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ DEFAULT_CQLVER = '3'
 DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_FACTORY = 'cqlshlib.tfactory.regular_transport_factory'
 
 DEFAULT_TIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z'
-DEFAULT_FLOAT_PRECISION = 3
+DEFAULT_FLOAT_PRECISION = 5
 
 if readline is not None and 'libedit' in readline.__doc__:
     DEFAULT_COMPLETEKEY = '\t'