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diff --git a/docs/freefeatures.rst b/docs/freefeatures.rst
index 2d928ad3..7381ff8e 100644
--- a/docs/freefeatures.rst
+++ b/docs/freefeatures.rst
@@ -265,13 +265,13 @@ Abbreviated commands
====================
``cmd2`` apps will accept shortened command names
-so long as there is no ambiguity. Thus, if
-``do_divide`` is defined, then ``divid``, ``div``,
+so long as there is no ambiguity if the ``abrev`` settable parameter is set to ``True``.
+Thus, if ``do_divide`` is defined, then ``divid``, ``div``,
or even ``d`` will suffice, so long as there are
no other commands defined beginning with *divid*,
*div*, or *d*.
-This behavior can be turned off with ``app.abbrev`` (see :ref:`parameters`)
+This behavior is disabled by default, but can be turned on with ``app.abbrev`` (see :ref:`parameters`)
.. warning::
diff --git a/docs/settingchanges.rst b/docs/settingchanges.rst
index d09543d6..326db3f5 100644
--- a/docs/settingchanges.rst
+++ b/docs/settingchanges.rst
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ comments, is viewable from within a running application
with::
(Cmd) set --long
- abbrev: True # Accept abbreviated commands
+ abbrev: False # Accept abbreviated commands
autorun_on_edit: False # Automatically run files after editing
colors: True # Colorized output (*nix only)
continuation_prompt: > # On 2nd+ line of input
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ with::
Any of these user-settable parameters can be set while running your app with the ``set`` command like so::
- set abbrev False
+ set abbrev True