diff --git a/executor.go b/executor.go
index 9ee05633e..a97d74871 100644
--- a/executor.go
+++ b/executor.go
@@ -1306,8 +1306,8 @@ func (e *executor) executePercentile(ctx context.Context, qcx *Qcx, index string
 	var nth float64
 	if nthArg, ok := c.Args["nth"].(pql.Decimal); ok {
 		nth = nthArg.Float64()
-		if nth < 0 || nth > 1.0 {
-			return ValCount{}, errors.Errorf("Percentile(): invalid nth value(%f), should be >= 0 and <= 1.0", nth)
+		if nth < 0 || nth > 100.0 {
+			return ValCount{}, errors.Errorf("Percentile(): invalid nth value(%f), should be >= 0 and <= 100", nth)
 		}
 	} else {
 		return ValCount{}, errors.New("Percentile(): nth required")
diff --git a/executor_test.go b/executor_test.go
index 3f33c8415..2f07b82f9 100644
--- a/executor_test.go
+++ b/executor_test.go
@@ -7053,7 +7053,7 @@ func variousQueriesOnPercentiles(t *testing.T, c *test.Cluster) {
 		if nth == 0.0 {
 			return min
 		}
-		k := (1 - nth) / nth
+		k := (100 - nth) / nth
 
 		possibleNthVal := int64(0)
 		// bin search
@@ -7127,7 +7127,7 @@ func variousQueriesOnPercentiles(t *testing.T, c *test.Cluster) {
 	}
 
 	// generate test cases per each nth argument
-	nths := []float64{0.0, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.9, 0.99}
+	nths := []float64{0.0, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, 99.99}
 	var tests []testCase
 	for _, nth := range nths {
 		query := fmt.Sprintf(`Percentile(field="net_worth", filter=Row(val="foo"), nth=%f)`, nth)