diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 4a258184..9b7ee4ff 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ OPENSEADRAGON CHANGELOG
 * Better cleanup on destruction, to avoid memory leaks (#1832 @JoFrMueller)
 * Miscellaneous code cleanup (#1840 @msalsbery)
 * You can now specify tileSize for the Zoomify Tile Source (#1868 @abrlam)
+* Better use of IIIF "max" and "full" URL parameters (#1871 @MImranAsghar)
 * Improved browser sniffing - detect EDGE and CHROMEEDGE browsers (#1872 @msalsbery)
 * Improved DOM event model feature detection (#1872 @msalsbery)
 * Added support for options parameter on addEvent()/removeEvent (to support passive option) (#1872 @msalsbery)
diff --git a/src/iiiftilesource.js b/src/iiiftilesource.js
index 1c0adc13..76479e76 100644
--- a/src/iiiftilesource.js
+++ b/src/iiiftilesource.js
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ $.extend( $.IIIFTileSource.prototype, $.TileSource.prototype, /** @lends OpenSea
         }
         if ( levelWidth < tileWidth && levelHeight < tileHeight ){
             if ( this.version === 2 && levelWidth === this.width ) {
-                iiifSize = "max";
+                iiifSize = "full";
             } else if ( this.version === 3 && levelWidth === this.width && levelHeight === this.height ) {
                 iiifSize = "max";
             } else if ( this.version === 3 ) {
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ $.extend( $.IIIFTileSource.prototype, $.TileSource.prototype, /** @lends OpenSea
             iiifSizeW = Math.ceil( iiifTileW * scale );
             iiifSizeH = Math.ceil( iiifTileH * scale );
             if ( this.version === 2 && iiifSizeW === this.width ) {
-                iiifSize = "max";
+                iiifSize = "full";
             } else if ( this.version === 3 && iiifSizeW === this.width && iiifSizeH === this.height ) {
                 iiifSize = "max";
             } else if (this.version === 3) {