diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 57ffbc40d..abe667400 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ paperless-ng 1.2.0
 
 * Changes to the OCRmyPDF integration
 
-  * Added support for deskewing and automatic rotation of incorrectly rotated pages. This is disabled by default, see :ref:`configuration-ocr`.
+  * Added support for deskewing and automatic rotation of incorrectly rotated pages. This is enabled by default, see :ref:`configuration-ocr`.
   * Better support for encrypted files.
   * Better support for various other PDF files: Paperless will now attempt to force OCR with safe options when OCR fails with the configured options.
   * Added an explicit option to skip cleaning with ``unpaper``.
diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 1c1763392..56537035c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -260,22 +260,28 @@ PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN=<mode>
 
     .. note::
 
-        ``clean-final`` is incompatible with ocr mode ``redo``.
+        ``clean-final`` is incompatible with ocr mode ``redo``. When both
+        ``clean-final`` and the ocr mode ``redo`` is configured, ``clean``
+        is used instead.
 
 PAPERLESS_OCR_DESKEW=<bool>
     Tells paperless to correct skewing (slight rotation of input images mainly
     due to improper scanning)
 
-    Defaults to ``false``, which disables this feature.
+    Defaults to ``true``, which enables this feature.
 
     .. note::
 
-        Deskewing is incompatible with ocr mode ``redo``.
+        Deskewing is incompatible with ocr mode ``redo``. Deskewing will get
+        disabled automatically if ``redo`` is used as the ocr mode.
 
 PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES=<bool>
     Tells paperless to correct page rotation (90°, 180° and 270° rotation).
 
-    Defaults to ``false``, which disables this feature.
+    If you notice that paperless is not rotating pages incorrectly rotated
+    pages (or vice versa), try adjusting the threshold up or down (see below).
+
+    Defaults to ``true``, which enables this feature.
 
 
 PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD=<num>
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD=<num>
     whereas "2" is a very aggressive option and will often result correctly rotated pages
     being rotated as well.
 
-    Defaults to "10".
+    Defaults to "12".
 
 PAPERLESS_OCR_OUTPUT_TYPE=<type>
     Specify the the type of PDF documents that paperless should produce.
@@ -392,7 +398,7 @@ requires are as follows:
                 PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED: 1
                 PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT: http://gotenberg:3000
                 PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT: http://tika:9998
-        
+
         # ...
 
         gotenberg:
@@ -622,10 +628,10 @@ USERMAP_UID=<uid>
     .. code:: shell-session
 
         $ id -u
-    
+
     Paperless will change ownership on its folders to this user, so you need to get this right
     in order to be able to write to the consumption directory.
-    
+
     Defaults to 1000.
 
 USERMAP_GID=<gid>
@@ -635,10 +641,10 @@ USERMAP_GID=<gid>
     .. code:: shell-session
 
         $ id -g
-    
+
     Paperless will change ownership on its folders to this group, so you need to get this right
     in order to be able to write to the consumption directory.
-    
+
     Defaults to 1000.
 
 PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGES=<list>
diff --git a/paperless.conf.example b/paperless.conf.example
index 9c799b083..b1b63879d 100644
--- a/paperless.conf.example
+++ b/paperless.conf.example
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
 #PAPERLESS_OCR_PAGES=1
 #PAPERLESS_OCR_IMAGE_DPI=300
 #PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN=clean
-#PAPERLESS_OCR_DESKEW=false
-#PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES=false
-#PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD=10
+#PAPERLESS_OCR_DESKEW=true
+#PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES=true
+#PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD=12.0
 #PAPERLESS_OCR_USER_ARGS={}
 #PAPERLESS_CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT=0
 #PAPERLESS_CONVERT_TMPDIR=/var/tmp/paperless
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index bf9fcd459..7c4e36391 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -457,11 +457,11 @@ OCR_IMAGE_DPI = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_OCR_IMAGE_DPI")
 
 OCR_CLEAN = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN", "clean")
 
-OCR_DESKEW = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_OCR_DESKEW")
+OCR_DESKEW = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_OCR_DESKEW", "true")
 
-OCR_ROTATE_PAGES = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES")
+OCR_ROTATE_PAGES = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES", "true")
 
-OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD = float(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD", 10.0))
+OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD = float(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD", 12.0))
 
 OCR_USER_ARGS = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_OCR_USER_ARGS", "{}")