diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index b50466c2..612d5e7a 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-06-11  Joao Ferreira  <joao@joaoff.com>
+
+	* wget.texi (Option Syntax): Fixed contradictory and confusing
+	explanation of --folow-ftp and negation.
+
 2009-06-10  Micah Cowan  <micah@cowan.name>
 
 	* sample.wgetrc: Add "https_proxy" to the proxy examples. Thanks
diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
index 6e0dd0a0..516c55e7 100644
--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ the option name; negative options can be negated by omitting the
 @samp{--no-} prefix.  This might seem superfluous---if the default for
 an affirmative option is to not do something, then why provide a way
 to explicitly turn it off?  But the startup file may in fact change
-the default.  For instance, using @code{follow_ftp = off} in
-@file{.wgetrc} makes Wget @emph{not} follow FTP links by default, and
+the default.  For instance, using @code{follow_ftp = on} in
+@file{.wgetrc} makes Wget @emph{follow} FTP links by default, and
 using @samp{--no-follow-ftp} is the only way to restore the factory
 default from the command line.