diff --git a/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt
index 9054bdc3ceb65f6736dd6bdce1a73ab28a943145..3f780be423846db9b28e70353d3a3c7d1f947cd4 100644
--- a/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt
+++ b/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Improvements over 3.0.1-rc1
     a) double flash arming light when pre-arm checks fail
     b) relax mag field checks to 35% min, 165% max of expected field
 3) loiter and auto changes:
-      a) reduced Loiter Pos P to 0.2 (was 1.0)
+      a) reduced Loiter Pos P to 0.8 (was 1.0)
       b) reduced Loiter speed to 5 m/s
       c) reduced WP_ACCEL to 1 m/s/s (was 250  m/s/s)
       d) rounding error fix in loiter controller
diff --git a/ArduCopter/config.h b/ArduCopter/config.h
index 28a34cf2bbdd28342f4a9bae9ca29a1b63f8474d..88747e7e6088e4188ea396b7e74b74c1194c62fc 100644
--- a/ArduCopter/config.h
+++ b/ArduCopter/config.h
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@
 // Loiter position control gains
 //
 #ifndef LOITER_P
- # define LOITER_P             		0.2f
+ # define LOITER_P             		0.8f
 #endif
 #ifndef LOITER_I
  # define LOITER_I             		0.0f