diff --git a/cache/memcached_client.go b/cache/memcached_client.go
index 231ab18f7bb2..ddb089720492 100644
--- a/cache/memcached_client.go
+++ b/cache/memcached_client.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (cfg *MemcachedClientConfig) RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(prefix, description st
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.Timeout, prefix+"memcached.timeout", 100*time.Millisecond, description+"Maximum time to wait before giving up on memcached requests.")
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.UpdateInterval, prefix+"memcached.update-interval", 1*time.Minute, description+"Period with which to poll DNS for memcache servers.")
 	f.BoolVar(&cfg.ConsistentHash, prefix+"memcached.consistent-hash", true, description+"Use consistent hashing to distribute to memcache servers.")
-	f.UintVar(&cfg.CBFailures, prefix+"memcached.circuit-breaker-consecutive-failures", 0, description+"Trip circuit-breaker after this number of consecutive dial failures (if zero then circuit-breaker is disabled).")
+	f.UintVar(&cfg.CBFailures, prefix+"memcached.circuit-breaker-consecutive-failures", 10, description+"Trip circuit-breaker after this number of consecutive dial failures (if zero then circuit-breaker is disabled).")
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.CBTimeout, prefix+"memcached.circuit-breaker-timeout", 10*time.Second, description+"Duration circuit-breaker remains open after tripping (if zero then 60 seconds is used).")
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.CBInterval, prefix+"memcached.circuit-breaker-interval", 10*time.Second, description+"Reset circuit-breaker counts after this long (if zero then never reset).")
 }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func NewMemcachedClient(cfg MemcachedClientConfig, name string, r prometheus.Reg
 }
 
 func (c *memcachedClient) circuitBreakerStateChange(name string, from gobreaker.State, to gobreaker.State) {
-	level.Info(c.logger).Log("msg", "circuit-breaker state change", "name", name, "from", from, "to", to)
+	level.Info(c.logger).Log("msg", "circuit-breaker state change", "name", name, "from-state", from, "to-state", to)
 }
 
 func (c *memcachedClient) dialViaCircuitBreaker(network, address string, timeout time.Duration) (net.Conn, error) {