diff --git a/tiledb/dataframe_.py b/tiledb/dataframe_.py
index 2958badc46..e075fa1ae3 100644
--- a/tiledb/dataframe_.py
+++ b/tiledb/dataframe_.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ def from_pandas(uri, dataframe, **kwargs):
 
         * Any `pandas.read_csv <https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/reference/api/pandas.read_csv.html>`_ supported keyword argument
         * **ctx** - A TileDB context
-        * **sparse** - (default True) Create sparse schema
+        * **sparse** - (default False) Create sparse schema
         * **chunksize** - (default None) Maximum number of rows to read at a time. Note that this is also a `pandas.read_csv` argument
                           which `tiledb.read_csv` checks for in order to correctly read a file batchwise.
         * **index_dims** (``List[str]``) -- List of column name(s) to use as dimension(s) in TileDB array schema. This is the recommended way to create dimensions.