diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84897ca..f029531 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ As a guide, in testing this action takes about 15 minutes to run on an organizat
 * `since`: A date to be used to collect information from in the form YYYY-MM-DD, if this is specified, `activity_days` is ignored
 * `activity_days`: The number of days back from now to collect information from, defaults to `30` days
 * `outputDir`: The output directory to store the report files in.
+* `octokit_max_retries`: The number of retries before failing with the octokit REST API calls, defaults to `15`.
 
 ## Outputs
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 810f18f..e575ad6 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ inputs:
   octokit_max_retries:
     description: Maximum number of retires when using the Octokit REST API
     required: true
-    default: 3
+    default: 15
 
 runs:
   using: node12