diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-video.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-video.c
index e4156ec9c6d7ed4412b65aefbfa94ebffc4a1a3a..82779585a97f78e3f1f4a7e56be5916f770bbc9e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-video.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 static unsigned int video_debug   = 0;
 static unsigned int gbuffers      = 8;
-static unsigned int noninterlaced = 0;
+static unsigned int noninterlaced = 1;
 static unsigned int gbufsize      = 720*576*4;
 static unsigned int gbufsize_max  = 720*576*4;
 module_param(video_debug, int, 0644);
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(video_debug,"enable debug messages [video]");
 module_param(gbuffers, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(gbuffers,"number of capture buffers, range 2-32");
 module_param(noninterlaced, int, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(noninterlaced,"video input is noninterlaced");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(noninterlaced,"capture non interlaced video");
 
 #define dprintk(fmt, arg...)	if (video_debug) \
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/video: " fmt, dev->name , ## arg)