diff --git a/src/modules/jsonrpcs/doc/jsonrpcs_admin.xml b/src/modules/jsonrpcs/doc/jsonrpcs_admin.xml
index 4b64db557ee..d6d7d7c7532 100644
--- a/src/modules/jsonrpcs/doc/jsonrpcs_admin.xml
+++ b/src/modules/jsonrpcs/doc/jsonrpcs_admin.xml
@@ -86,18 +86,19 @@
 	<section id="jsonrpcs.p.pretty_format">
 		<title><varname>pretty_format</varname> (int)</title>
 		<para>
-			Pretty format for JSON-RPC response document.
+			Pretty format for JSON-RPC response document if set to 1. To
+			disable, set to 0.
 		</para>
 		<para>
 		<emphasis>
-			Default value is '0'.
+			Default value is '1' (on).
 		</emphasis>
 		</para>
 		<example>
 		<title>Set <varname>pretty_format</varname> parameter</title>
 		<programlisting format="linespecific">
 ...
-modparam("jsonrpcs", "pretty_format", 1)
+modparam("jsonrpcs", "pretty_format", 0)
 ...
 </programlisting>
 		</example>
diff --git a/src/modules/jsonrpcs/jsonrpcs_mod.c b/src/modules/jsonrpcs/jsonrpcs_mod.c
index 98d66cc5cb5..7ef1e39d34a 100644
--- a/src/modules/jsonrpcs/jsonrpcs_mod.c
+++ b/src/modules/jsonrpcs/jsonrpcs_mod.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static str JSONRPC_CONTENT_TYPE_HTML = str_init("application/json");
 /*!< 0 - all available; 1 - http; 2 - fifo; 4 - datagram */
 static int jsonrpc_transport = 6; /* fifo + datagram */
 
-static int jsonrpc_pretty_format = 0;
+static int jsonrpc_pretty_format = 1;
 
 static int jsonrpc_register_rpc(void);