diff --git a/mapserver/mapfiles/graticules.map b/mapserver/mapfiles/graticules.map
index 3f686f3c3bbab1d09d821b5abf33e1d729d9d6be..3b2cc82610b41a76df3b32aaa1fa229a32281486 100644
--- a/mapserver/mapfiles/graticules.map
+++ b/mapserver/mapfiles/graticules.map
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MAP
         COLOR 255 255 255
         OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
         MINSCALEDENOM 1
-        MAXSCALEDENOM 5000000
+        MAXSCALEDENOM 1250000
       END
       STYLE
         PATTERN 16 16 END
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ MAP
         MINDISTANCE 1024
         COLOR 255 255 255
         OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
-        MINSCALEDENOM 5000000
-        MAXSCALEDENOM 50000000
+        MINSCALEDENOM 1250000
+        MAXSCALEDENOM 4000000
       END
       STYLE
         PATTERN 32 32 END
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ MAP
         MINDISTANCE 1024
         COLOR 255 255 255
         OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
-        MINSCALEDENOM 50000000
+        MINSCALEDENOM 4000000
         MAXSCALEDENOM 11000000000
       END
       STYLE