diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index e33d8e09..30507efd 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ Setting name (default value)                            What does it do?
                                                         use the default language.
 `PAGE_LANG_SAVE_AS` (``'pages/{slug}-{lang}.html'``)    The location we will save the page which doesn't
                                                         use the default language.
-`CATEGORIES_URL` (``'categories/'``)                    The URL to use for the category list.
-`CATEGORIES_SAVE_AS` (``'categories/index.html'``)      The location to save the category list.
+`CATEGORIES_URL` (``'categories.html'``)                The URL to use for the category list.
+`CATEGORIES_SAVE_AS` (``'categories.html'``)            The location to save the category list.
 `CATEGORY_URL` (``'category/{slug}.html'``)             The URL to use for a category.
 `CATEGORY_SAVE_AS` (``'category/{slug}.html'``)         The location to save a category.
 `TAG_URL` (``'tag/{slug}.html'``)                       The URL to use for a tag.
diff --git a/pelican/settings.py b/pelican/settings.py
index 99828935..8cbc4694 100644
--- a/pelican/settings.py
+++ b/pelican/settings.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'PDF_GENERATOR': False,
     'PDF_STYLE_PATH': '',
     'PDF_STYLE': 'twelvepoint',
+    'CATEGORIES_URL': 'categories.html',
+    'CATEGORIES_SAVE_AS': 'categories.html',
     'CATEGORY_URL': 'category/{slug}.html',
     'CATEGORY_SAVE_AS': os.path.join('category', '{slug}.html'),
     'TAG_URL': 'tag/{slug}.html',