diff --git a/doc/config.html b/doc/config.html
index 631ecf96..fe601068 100755
--- a/doc/config.html
+++ b/doc/config.html
@@ -2243,7 +2243,10 @@ Options Location = Main Building{a}, New Building{b}, Old Building{c}
         where entries are normally submitted as plain text, the default can be
         set to <b>1</b>. Set to <b>0</b> for <a href=
         "http://midas.psi.ch/elog/elcode_en.html">ELCode</a> encoding, to
-        <b>2</b> for HTML encoding. The default is <b>0</b>.
+        <b>2</b> for HTML encoding. The default is <b>2</b>, which activates
+        the built in FCKeditor automatically for new installations. If this
+        editor is not wanted or people are concerned about cross site scripting,
+        the default encoding should be set to <b>0</b> or <b>1</b>.
       </li>
       <li>
         <b><code>Allowed encoding = &lt;n&gt;</code></b><br>