diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX.1.in b/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
index 6ccb168..50a82dc 100644
--- a/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Specify a ratio greater than 1 would resolve this issue, however it might freeze
For some versions of Firefox, however, there will be a problem when the font size is too large, in which case a smaller value should be specified here.
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-.B --auto-hint <0|1> (Default: 1)
+.B --auto-hint <0|1> (Default: 0)
If set to 1, hints will be generated for the fonts using fontforge.
This may be preceded by --external-hint-tool.
diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
index 720e541..df6ae7d 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void parse_options (int argc, char **argv)
.add("veps", ¶m.v_eps, 1.0, "max tolerated vertical offset (in pixels)")
.add("space-threshold", ¶m.space_threshold, (1.0/8), "distance no thiner than (threshold * em) will be considered as a space character")
.add("font-size-multiplier", ¶m.font_size_multiplier, 4.0, "setting a value greater than 1 would increase the rendering accuracy")
- .add("auto-hint", ¶m.auto_hint, 1, "Whether to generate hints for fonts")
+ .add("auto-hint", ¶m.auto_hint, 0, "Whether to generate hints for fonts")
.add("tounicode", ¶m.tounicode, 0, "Specify how to deal with ToUnicode map, 0 for auto, 1 for forced, -1 for disabled")
.add("space-as-offset", ¶m.space_as_offset, 0, "treat space characters as offsets")
.add("stretch-narrow-glyph", ¶m.stretch_narrow_glyph, 0, "stretch narrow glyphs instead of padding space")