diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b868989..81929df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Steps
   * required `--output <dir of output csvs>`
   * (optional) to merge all json to single csv `--single`
   * required `--schema <path to schema.json>`
-  * (optional) # of records to check records for all headers `--metadata <number or records>` defaults to 100
+  * (optional) # of records to check records for all headers `--metadata <number or records>` defaults to 1000
   * required `--join-column <column name from first level to use as merge column>`
-  * required `--name <base-name of data`
+  * required `--name <base-name of data>`
 * example 
   * `python3 main.py --input /var/tmp/input --output /var/tmp/outputs --schema /var/tmp/schema.json --name transactions --single --metadata 1000 --join-column origin_id`
 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 8f9f13c..b62ab5d 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--input", help="folder containing input json(s)", required=
 parser.add_argument("--output", help="folder to place csv", required=True, type=pathlib.Path)
 parser.add_argument("--schema", help="schema json", required=True, type=pathlib.Path)
 parser.add_argument("--single", action="store_true", help="merge all json files to single output csv")
-parser.add_argument("--metadata", type=int, help="how many records to parse for building metadata", default=100)
+parser.add_argument("--metadata", type=int, help="how many records to parse for building metadata", default=1000)
 parser.add_argument("--join-column", help="join column from top-level to merge nested json", required=True)
 parser.add_argument("--name", help="join column from top-level to merge nested json", required=True)