diff --git a/runtime/defaults.vim b/runtime/defaults.vim
index 953cec7..82f3358 100644
--- a/runtime/defaults.vim
+++ b/runtime/defaults.vim
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 " Allow backspacing over everything in insert mode.
 set backspace=indent,eol,start
 
-set history=200		" keep 200 lines of command line history
 set ruler		" show the cursor position all the time
 set showcmd		" display incomplete commands
 
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index e9f35e4..05c2d9d 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -4435,8 +4435,7 @@
 	See |highlight-default| for the default highlight groups.
 
 						*'history'* *'hi'*
-'history' 'hi'		number	(Vim default: 50, Vi default: 0,
-						 set to 200 in |defaults.vim|)
+'history' 'hi'		number	(Vim default: 200, Vi default: 0)
 			global
 	A history of ":" commands, and a history of previous search patterns
 	is remembered.  This option decides how many entries may be stored in
diff --git a/src/optiondefs.h b/src/optiondefs.h
index 5df5fb7..ca085d4 100644
--- a/src/optiondefs.h
+++ b/src/optiondefs.h
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@
 			    SCTX_INIT},
     {"history",	    "hi",   P_NUM|P_VIM,
 			    (char_u *)&p_hi, PV_NONE, NULL, NULL,
-			    {(char_u *)0L, (char_u *)50L} SCTX_INIT},
+			    {(char_u *)0L, (char_u *)200L} SCTX_INIT},
     {"hkmap",	    "hk",   P_BOOL|P_VI_DEF|P_VIM,
 #ifdef FEAT_RIGHTLEFT
 			    (char_u *)&p_hkmap, PV_NONE, NULL, NULL,
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 46f313b..325788c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    895,
+/**/
     894,
 /**/
     893,