diff --git a/doc/terminator_config.5 b/doc/terminator_config.5
index f4fbc015..a816afdf 100644
--- a/doc/terminator_config.5
+++ b/doc/terminator_config.5
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ Default value: \fBTrue\fR
 .TP
 .B scroll_on_keystroke \fR(boolean)
 If true, pressing a key jumps the scrollbar to the bottom.
-Default value: \fBTrue\fR
+Default value: \fBFalse\fR
 .TP
 .B scroll_on_output \fR(boolean)
 If true, whenever there's new output the terminal will scroll to the bottom.
diff --git a/terminatorlib/config.py b/terminatorlib/config.py
index 7fbec4e8..885f943f 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/config.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/config.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ DEFAULTS = {
                 'scrollbar_position'    : "right",
                 'scroll_background'     : True,
                 'scroll_on_keystroke'   : True,
-                'scroll_on_output'      : True,
+                'scroll_on_output'      : False,
                 'scrollback_lines'      : 500,
                 'scrollback_infinite'   : False,
                 'exit_action'           : 'close',