diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index 05cea48a4..695151a0e 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-10-28  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* cygwinenv.xml: Change default setting of dosfilewarning.
+	* new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Document aforementioned change.
+
 2014-10-28  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* ntsec.xml: Fix Solaris doc URLs.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml
index 5a3e999b2..6c3442f2c 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ down every thread and socket creation!</para>
 <listitem>
 <para><envar>(no)dosfilewarning</envar> - If set, Cygwin will warn the
 first time a user uses an "MS-DOS" style path name rather than a POSIX-style
-path name.  Defaults to set.</para>
+path name.  Defaults to off.</para>
 </listitem>
 
 <listitem>
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
index b40470634..eb5d47a04 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ not, add PATH variable with Cygwin installation directory as content to
 Windows environment to allow loading of Cygwin system DLLs.
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>
+Disable CYGWIN "dosfilewarning" option by default.
+</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>
 Improve various header files for C++- and standards-compliance.
 </para></listitem>