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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
index 29f882bd76e..2df65db0bdd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
In <option>stop</option> mode, the server that is running in
the specified data directory is shut down. Three different
shutdown methods can be selected with the <option>-m</option>
- option. <quote>Smart</quote> mode (the default) waits for all active
+ option. <quote>Smart</quote> mode waits for all active
clients to disconnect and any online backup to finish.
If the server is in hot standby, recovery and streaming replication
will be terminated once all clients have disconnected.
- <quote>Fast</quote> mode does not wait for clients to disconnect and
+ <quote>Fast</quote> mode (the default) does not wait for clients to disconnect and
will terminate an online backup in progress. All active transactions are
rolled back and clients are forcibly disconnected, then the
server is shut down. <quote>Immediate</quote> mode will abort
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
Specifies the shutdown mode. <replaceable>mode</replaceable>
can be <literal>smart</literal>, <literal>fast</literal>, or
<literal>immediate</literal>, or the first letter of one of
- these three. If this is omitted, <literal>smart</literal> is used.
+ these three. If this is omitted, <literal>fast</literal> is used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>