diff --git a/etc/freezer/freezer-api.conf.sample b/etc/freezer/freezer-api.conf.sample
index 0f43e3a0..b5c59dbe 100644
--- a/etc/freezer/freezer-api.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/freezer/freezer-api.conf.sample
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@
 # path to CA certs on disk (string value)
 #ca_certs = <None>
 
-# Number of replicas for elk cluster. Default is 2. Use 0 for no replicas
+# Number of replicas for elk cluster. Default is 0. Use 0 for no replicas
+# In a production environment, this value should be equal to:
+# (Number of elasticsearch node in the cluster - 1)
 # (integer value)
-#number_of_replicas = 2
+#number_of_replicas = 0
diff --git a/freezer_api/cmd/db_init.py b/freezer_api/cmd/db_init.py
index 79f3812a..6bd6c466 100644
--- a/freezer_api/cmd/db_init.py
+++ b/freezer_api/cmd/db_init.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from freezer_api.common import db_mappings
 DEFAULT_CONF_PATH = '/etc/freezer/freezer-api.conf'
 DEFAULT_ES_SERVER_PORT = 9200
 DEFAULT_INDEX = 'freezer'
-DEFAULT_REPLICAS = 1
+DEFAULT_REPLICAS = 0
 
 
 class MergeMappingException(Exception):
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ def get_db_params(args):
 
 
 def main():
+    print("Using the freezer-db-init script is deprecated. Please use "
+          "freezer-manage instead.")
     mappings = db_mappings.get_mappings()
 
     args = get_args(mapping_choices=mappings.keys())
diff --git a/freezer_api/cmd/manage.py b/freezer_api/cmd/manage.py
index 4b48944a..f12e2e61 100644
--- a/freezer_api/cmd/manage.py
+++ b/freezer_api/cmd/manage.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
 DEFAULT_ES_SERVER_PORT = 9200
 DEFAULT_INDEX = 'freezer'
-DEFAULT_REPLICAS = 1
+DEFAULT_REPLICAS = 0
 
 
 def add_db_opts(subparser):
diff --git a/freezer_api/storage/driver.py b/freezer_api/storage/driver.py
index aa6455d9..77acbab8 100644
--- a/freezer_api/storage/driver.py
+++ b/freezer_api/storage/driver.py
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ def get_elk_opts():
                    default=None,
                    help='path to CA certs on disk'),
         cfg.IntOpt('number_of_replicas',
-                   default=2,
-                   help='Number of replicas for elk cluster. Default is 2. '
-                        'Use 0 for no replicas')
+                   default=0,
+                   help='Number of replicas for elk cluster. Default is 0. '
+                        'Use 0 for no replicas. This should be set to (number '
+                        'of node in the ES cluter -1).')
     ]
     return storage_opts