diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/root.go b/dgraph/cmd/root.go
index 26e885b95b1..c1938b7f236 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/root.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/root.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
@@ -304,6 +305,13 @@ func convertJSON(old string) io.Reader {
 	// condense superflags
 	for f, options := range super {
 		for k, v := range options {
+			// JSON does not have distinct types for integers and floats.
+			// Go will always give us a float64 value. So, an exceptionally
+			// large integer like 1_000_000 will be printed as 1e06 unless
+			// we format it carefully.
+			if vFloat, ok := v.(float64); ok {
+				v = strconv.FormatFloat(vFloat, 'f', -1, 64)
+			}
 			good[f] += fmt.Sprintf("%s=%v; ", k, v)
 		}
 		good[f] = good[f][:len(good[f])-1]
diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/root_test.go b/dgraph/cmd/root_test.go
index 19c450fded2..016b5e61c44 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/root_test.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/root_test.go
@@ -1,47 +1,53 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/z"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestConvertJSON(t *testing.T) {
-	hier := `{
-	  "mutations": "strict",
-	  "badger": {
-	    "compression": "zstd:1",
-	    "goroutines": 5
-	  },
-      "raft": {
-	    "idx": 2,
-	    "learner": true
-	  },
-	  "security": {
-	    "whitelist": "127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0"
-	  }
-	}`
-	conv, err := io.ReadAll(convertJSON(hier))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("error reading from convertJSON")
-	}
-	unchanged, err := io.ReadAll(convertJSON(string(conv)))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("error reading from convertJSON")
-	}
-	if string(unchanged) != string(conv) {
-		t.Fatal("convertJSON mutating already flattened string")
-	}
-	// need both permutations because convertJSON iterates through Go hashmaps in undefined order
-	if (!strings.Contains(string(conv), "compression=zstd:1; goroutines=5;") &&
-		!strings.Contains(string(conv), "goroutines=5; compression=zstd:1;")) ||
-		(!strings.Contains(string(conv), "idx=2; learner=true;") &&
-			!strings.Contains(string(conv), "learner=true; idx=2;")) ||
-		!strings.Contains(string(conv), "whitelist=127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0") {
-		fmt.Println(string(conv))
-		t.Fatal("convertJSON not converting properly")
-	}
+	config := `{
+		"mutations": "strict",
+		"badger": {
+		  "compression": "zstd:1",
+		  "numgoroutines": 5
+		},
+		"limit": {
+		  "query_edge": 1000000
+		},
+		"raft": {
+		  "idx": 2,
+		  "learner": true
+		},
+		"security": {
+		  "whitelist": "127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0"
+		}
+	  }`
+
+	var converted map[string]string
+	err := json.NewDecoder(convertJSON(config)).Decode(&converted)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, "strict", converted["mutations"])
+
+	badger := z.NewSuperFlag(converted["badger"])
+	require.Equal(t, "zstd:1", badger.GetString("compression"))
+	require.Equal(t, int64(5), badger.GetInt64("numgoroutines"))
+
+	limit := z.NewSuperFlag(converted["limit"])
+	require.Equal(t, int64(1000000), limit.GetInt64("query-edge"))
+
+	raft := z.NewSuperFlag(converted["raft"])
+	require.Equal(t, int64(2), raft.GetInt64("idx"))
+	require.Equal(t, true, raft.GetBool("learner"))
+
+	security := z.NewSuperFlag(converted["security"])
+	require.Equal(t, "127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0", security.GetString("whitelist"))
 }
 
 func TestConvertYAML(t *testing.T) {