diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_io.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_io.py
index 7d0f22def1..99264b7b5b 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_io.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_io.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To modify the behavior of checkpointing pass in your own callback.
     # DEFAULTS used by the Trainer
     checkpoint_callback = ModelCheckpoint(
         filepath=os.getcwd(),
-        save_best_only=True,
+        save_top_k=1,
         verbose=True,
         monitor='val_loss',
         mode='min',