diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.textile b/guides/source/configuring.textile
index c4e54348d4c206a2e03de52de73f92ae99748c3c..bed8ce3eb606ea72ca95a8ed6026fbfa1dadac32 100644
--- a/guides/source/configuring.textile
+++ b/guides/source/configuring.textile
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ There are a few configuration options available in Active Support:
 
 * +config.active_support.bare+ enables or disables the loading of +active_support/all+ when booting Rails. Defaults to +nil+, which means +active_support/all+ is loaded.
 
-* +config.active_support.escape_html_entities_in_json+ enables or disables the escaping of HTML entities in JSON serialization. Defaults to +true+.
+* +config.active_support.escape_html_entities_in_json+ enables or disables the escaping of HTML entities in JSON serialization. Defaults to +false+.
 
 * +config.active_support.use_standard_json_time_format+ enables or disables serializing dates to ISO 8601 format. Defaults to +false+.