diff --git a/doc/classes/CylinderMesh.xml b/doc/classes/CylinderMesh.xml
index 827fb5c10c72..f895b4dac261 100644
--- a/doc/classes/CylinderMesh.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/CylinderMesh.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		<member name="radial_segments" type="int" setter="set_radial_segments" getter="get_radial_segments" default="64">
 			Number of radial segments on the cylinder. Higher values result in a more detailed cylinder/cone at the cost of performance.
 		</member>
-		<member name="rings" type="int" setter="set_rings" getter="get_rings" default="4">
+		<member name="rings" type="int" setter="set_rings" getter="get_rings" default="0">
 			Number of edge rings along the height of the cylinder. Changing [member rings] does not have any visual impact unless a shader or procedural mesh tool is used to alter the vertex data. Higher values result in more subdivisions, which can be used to create smoother-looking effects with shaders or procedural mesh tools (at the cost of performance). When not altering the vertex data using a shader or procedural mesh tool, [member rings] should be kept to its default value.
 		</member>
 		<member name="top_radius" type="float" setter="set_top_radius" getter="get_top_radius" default="1.0">
diff --git a/scene/resources/primitive_meshes.cpp b/scene/resources/primitive_meshes.cpp
index ba85ea4a6ca1..7d3bdd3889d4 100644
--- a/scene/resources/primitive_meshes.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/primitive_meshes.cpp
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ void CylinderMesh::_bind_methods() {
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::FLOAT, "bottom_radius", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,100,0.001,or_greater"), "set_bottom_radius", "get_bottom_radius");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::FLOAT, "height", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0.001,100,0.001,or_greater"), "set_height", "get_height");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "radial_segments", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "1,100,1,or_greater"), "set_radial_segments", "get_radial_segments");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "rings", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "1,100,1,or_greater"), "set_rings", "get_rings");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "rings", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,100,1,or_greater"), "set_rings", "get_rings");
 }
 
 void CylinderMesh::set_top_radius(const float p_radius) {
diff --git a/scene/resources/primitive_meshes.h b/scene/resources/primitive_meshes.h
index 7915cb0028a2..695522892f78 100644
--- a/scene/resources/primitive_meshes.h
+++ b/scene/resources/primitive_meshes.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class CylinderMesh : public PrimitiveMesh {
 	float bottom_radius = 1.0;
 	float height = 2.0;
 	int radial_segments = 64;
-	int rings = 4;
+	int rings = 0;
 
 protected:
 	static void _bind_methods();