diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index a80a1e6b3..7086e6576 100644
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ ALTER TABLE `pma_column_comments`
         <span id="cfg_Servers_tracking_auto_create">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_version_auto_create']</span> boolean
     </dt>
     <dd>
-        Whether the tracking mechanism creates versions for tables and views automatically. Default value is true.
+        Whether the tracking mechanism creates versions for tables and views automatically. Default value is false.
         <br/><br/>
         If this is set to true and you create a table or view with
 
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index cce993e4f..f6d6f1b9c 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['CountTables'] = true;
  * @global bool $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_version_auto_create']
  */
 
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_version_auto_create'] = true;
+$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_version_auto_create'] = false;
 
 /**
  * Defines the list of statements the auto-creation uses for new versions.