diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 37692ea34..141d50969 100644
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -1516,6 +1516,10 @@ CREATE DATABASE,ALTER DATABASE,DROP DATABASE</pre>
         (<tt>SMART</tt>) order - I.E. descending order for fields of type TIME,
         DATE, DATETIME and TIMESTAMP, ascending order else- by default.</dd>
 
+    <dt id="cfg_DisplayBinaryAsHex">$cfg['DisplayBinaryAsHex'] boolean </dt>
+    <dd>Defines whether the &quot;Show binary contents as HEX&quot; browse
+    option is ticked by default.</dd>
+
     <dt id="cfg_ProtectBinary">$cfg['ProtectBinary'] boolean or string</dt>
     <dd>Defines whether <tt>BLOB</tt> or <tt>BINARY</tt> fields are protected
         from editing when browsing a table's content. Valid values are:
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index f6d6f1b9c..3450739ed 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -880,6 +880,13 @@ $cfg['MaxRows'] = 30;
  */
 $cfg['Order'] = 'ASC';
 
+/**
+ * default for 'Show binary contents as HEX' 
+ *
+ * @global string $cfg['DisplayBinaryAsHex']
+ */
+$cfg['DisplayBinaryAsHex'] = true;
+
 
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  * In edit mode...