diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_substitute.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_substitute.xml
index a44debd99f..e9c059c77e 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_substitute.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_substitute.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Substitute "s|http://internal.blog.example.com/|http://www.example.com/blog/|i"
 <name>SubstituteInheritBefore</name>
 <description>Change the merge order of inherited patterns</description>
 <syntax>SubstituteInheritBefore on|off</syntax>
-<default>SubstituteInheritBefore off</default>
+<default>SubstituteInheritBefore on</default>
 <contextlist><context>directory</context>
 <context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
 <override>FileInfo</override>
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ Substitute "s|http://internal.blog.example.com/|http://www.example.com/blog/|i"
     <p>Whether to apply the inherited <directive>Substitute</directive>
     patterns first (<code>on</code>), or after the ones of the current
     context (<code>off</code>).
-    The former was the default in versions 2.4 and earlier, but changed
+    The latter was the default in versions 2.4 and earlier, but changed
     starting with 2.5, hence <directive>SubstituteInheritBefore</directive>
-    set to <code>on</code> allows to restore the legacy behaviour.
+    set to <code>off</code> allows to restore the legacy behaviour.
     <directive>SubstituteInheritBefore</directive> is itself inherited,
     hence contexts that inherit it (those that don't specify their own
     <directive>SubstituteInheritBefore</directive> value) will apply the