diff --git a/Namegen/config.py b/Namegen/config.py
index 021970d..282c86c 100644
--- a/Namegen/config.py
+++ b/Namegen/config.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def configure(advanced):
 
 Namegen = conf.registerPlugin('Namegen')
 conf.registerGlobalValue(Namegen, 'syllables',
-                         registry.PositiveInteger(2, _("""Specifies the maximum
-                         amount of syllables a name can have.""")))
-
+                         registry.PositiveInteger(1, _("""Specifies the maximum
+                         amount of extra syllables (apart from a beginning and
+                         an ending) a name can have.""")))
 
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diff --git a/Namegen/test.py b/Namegen/test.py
index eff5ba5..bed88a8 100644
--- a/Namegen/test.py
+++ b/Namegen/test.py
@@ -38,5 +38,4 @@ class NamegenTestCase(PluginTestCase):
         self.assertNotError('namegen')
         self.assertNotError('namegen 2')
 
-
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