diff --git a/doc/environment_variables.md b/doc/environment_variables.md
index 5f0042e2eb0..ed46a48e5e9 100644
--- a/doc/environment_variables.md
+++ b/doc/environment_variables.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ some configuration as environment variables that can be set.
 * GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES
   A colon separated list of cipher suites to use with OpenSSL
   Defaults to:
-    ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+    ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
 
 * GRPC_DEFAULT_SSL_ROOTS_FILE_PATH
   PEM file to load SSL roots from