diff --git a/api-generator/components/inlinemessage.js b/api-generator/components/inlinemessage.js
index 1bcdeb29c..e15a9c45b 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/inlinemessage.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/inlinemessage.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const InlineMessageProps = [
     {
         name: "severity",
         type: "string",
-        default: "info",
+        default: "error",
         description: 'Severity level of the message. Valid severities are "success", "info", "warn" and "error".'
     }
 ];
diff --git a/src/views/message/MessageDoc.vue b/src/views/message/MessageDoc.vue
index d3fa4cad2..f67f3f8d3 100755
--- a/src/views/message/MessageDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/message/MessageDoc.vue
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ import InlineMessage from 'primevue/inlinemessage';
                     <tr>
                         <td>severity</td>
                         <td>string</td>
-                        <td>info</td>
+                        <td>error</td>
                         <td>Severity level of the message.</td>
                     </tr>
 				</tbody>