diff --git a/src/Shell/Task/FixtureTask.php b/src/Shell/Task/FixtureTask.php
index 7062dc742..e2a3c6f2d 100644
--- a/src/Shell/Task/FixtureTask.php
+++ b/src/Shell/Task/FixtureTask.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public function getOptionParser()
         ])->addOption('count', [
             'help' => 'When using generated data, the number of records to include in the fixture(s).',
             'short' => 'n',
-            'default' => 10
+            'default' => 1
         ])->addOption('schema', [
             'help' => 'Create a fixture that imports schema, instead of dumping a schema snapshot into the fixture.',
             'short' => 's',