diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_queue_client.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_queue_client.py
index 852cc26858ae..cd19c17a1b9a 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_queue_client.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_queue_client.py
@@ -590,9 +590,9 @@ def receive_messages(self, **kwargs):
                 :caption: List pages and corresponding messages from the queue.
 
         :keyword int visibility_timeout:
-            If not specified, the default value is 0. Specifies the
+            If not specified, the default value is 30. Specifies the
             new visibility timeout value, in seconds, relative to server time.
-            The value must be larger than or equal to 0, and cannot be
+            The value must be larger than or equal to 1, and cannot be
             larger than 7 days. The visibility timeout of a message cannot be
             set to a value later than the expiry time. visibility_timeout
             should be set to a value smaller than the time-to-live value.
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/aio/_queue_client_async.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/aio/_queue_client_async.py
index 88df4968863d..fffd153325b3 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/aio/_queue_client_async.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/aio/_queue_client_async.py
@@ -483,9 +483,9 @@ def receive_messages(self, **kwargs):
             `by_page()` can be used to provide a page iterator on the AsyncItemPaged if messages_per_page is set.
             `next()` can be used to get the next page.
         :keyword int visibility_timeout:
-            If not specified, the default value is 0. Specifies the
+            If not specified, the default value is 30. Specifies the
             new visibility timeout value, in seconds, relative to server time.
-            The value must be larger than or equal to 0, and cannot be
+            The value must be larger than or equal to 1, and cannot be
             larger than 7 days. The visibility timeout of a message cannot be
             set to a value later than the expiry time. visibility_timeout
             should be set to a value smaller than the time-to-live value.