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diff --git a/README b/README
index d41188873..8d0fa5f2b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ Options affecting specific writers
     `none` leaves `mailto:` links as they are.  `javascript` obfuscates
     them using javascript. `references` obfuscates them by printing their
     letters as decimal or hexadecimal character references.  The default
-    is `javascript`.
+    is `none`.
 
 `--id-prefix=`*STRING*