diff --git a/metric_learn/scml.py b/metric_learn/scml.py
index 2bdd0d57..199dfc40 100644
--- a/metric_learn/scml.py
+++ b/metric_learn/scml.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class SCML(_BaseSCML, _TripletsClassifierMixin):
   gamma: float (default = 5e-3)
     Learning rate for the optimization algorithm.
 
-  max_iter : int (default = 100000)
+  max_iter : int (default = 10000)
     Number of iterations for the algorithm.
 
   output_iter : int (default = 5000)