diff --git a/internal/config/options.go b/internal/config/options.go
index 5ee4ae69..626d01b5 100644
--- a/internal/config/options.go
+++ b/internal/config/options.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const (
 	defaultMetricsPassword                    = ""
 	defaultWatchdog                           = true
 	defaultInvidiousInstance                  = "yewtu.be"
-	defaultWebAuthn                           = true
+	defaultWebAuthn                           = false
 )
 
 var defaultHTTPClientUserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Miniflux/" + version.Version + "; +https://miniflux.app)"
diff --git a/miniflux.1 b/miniflux.1
index 4cd41030..c93bab39 100644
--- a/miniflux.1
+++ b/miniflux.1
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ Default is randomly generated at startup\&.
 .B WEBAUTHN
 Enable or disable WebAuthn/Passkey authentication\&.
 .br
-Default is true\&.
+Default is disabled\&.
 
 .SH AUTHORS
 .P