diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 68aacf073..13a82739c 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     if (showDebug)
     {
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkpoints", strprintf("Disable expensive verification for known chain history (default: %u)", 1));
-        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dblogsize=<n>", strprintf("Flush database activity from memory pool to disk log every <n> megabytes (default: %u)", 100));
+        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dblogsize=<n>", strprintf("Flush wallet database activity from memory to disk log every <n> megabytes (default: %u)", DEFAULT_WALLET_DBLOGSIZE));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-disablesafemode", strprintf("Disable safemode, override a real safe mode event (default: %u)", 0));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-testsafemode", strprintf("Force safe mode (default: %u)", 0));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dropmessagestest=<n>", "Randomly drop 1 of every <n> network messages");
diff --git a/src/wallet/db.cpp b/src/wallet/db.cpp
index e5bc653c3..cf6122813 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/db.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void CDB::Flush()
     if (fReadOnly)
         nMinutes = 1;
 
-    bitdb.dbenv->txn_checkpoint(nMinutes ? GetArg("-dblogsize", 100) * 1024 : 0, nMinutes, 0);
+    bitdb.dbenv->txn_checkpoint(nMinutes ? GetArg("-dblogsize", DEFAULT_WALLET_DBLOGSIZE) * 1024 : 0, nMinutes, 0);
 }
 
 void CDB::Close()
diff --git a/src/wallet/db.h b/src/wallet/db.h
index 64071caa3..46bc0ac0a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.h
+++ b/src/wallet/db.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include <db_cxx.h>
 
+static const unsigned int DEFAULT_WALLET_DBLOGSIZE = 100;
+
 extern unsigned int nWalletDBUpdated;
 
 class CDBEnv