diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX.1.in b/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
index 319dc5c..4f31292 100644
--- a/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ If set to -1, a customized map is used such that rendering will be correct in HT
 If set to 0, pdf2htmlEX would try its best to balance the two methods above.
 
 .TP
-.B --optimize-text <0|1> (Deafult: 1)
+.B --optimize-text <0|1> (Deafult: 0)
 If set to 1, pdf2htmlEX will try to reduce the number of HTML elements used for text. Turn it off if anything goes wrong.
 
 .SS PDF Protection
diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
index 263a9e1..c2875cc 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void parse_options (int argc, char **argv)
         .add("font-size-multiplier", &param.font_size_multiplier, 4.0, "a value greater than 1 increases the rendering accuracy")
         .add("space-as-offset", &param.space_as_offset, 0, "treat space characters as offsets")
         .add("tounicode", &param.tounicode, 0, "how to handle ToUnicode CMaps (0=auto, 1=force, -1=ignore)")
-        .add("optimize-text", &param.optimize_text, 1, "try to reduce the number of HTML elements used for text")
+        .add("optimize-text", &param.optimize_text, 0, "try to reduce the number of HTML elements used for text")
         
         // encryption
         .add("owner-password,o", &param.owner_password, "", "owner password (for encrypted files)", nullptr, true)