diff --git a/doc/plugins.rst b/doc/plugins.rst
index 55f79bc6a..e04ddb797 100644
--- a/doc/plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/plugins.rst
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Allows :program:`MPD` on Linux to play audio directly from a soundcard using the
 
 .. code-block:: none
 
-    mpc add alsa:// plays audio from device hw:0,0
+    mpc add alsa:// plays audio from device default
 
 .. code-block:: none
 
diff --git a/src/input/plugins/AlsaInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/AlsaInputPlugin.cxx
index 7956524ea..4151c920e 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/AlsaInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/AlsaInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ static constexpr Domain alsa_input_domain("alsa");
 
 static constexpr auto ALSA_URI_PREFIX = "alsa://";
 
-static constexpr auto BUILTIN_DEFAULT_DEVICE = "hw:0,0";
-static constexpr auto BUILTIN_DEFAULT_FORMAT = "44100:16:2";
+static constexpr auto BUILTIN_DEFAULT_DEVICE = "default";
+static constexpr auto BUILTIN_DEFAULT_FORMAT = "48000:16:2";
 
 static constexpr auto DEFAULT_BUFFER_TIME = std::chrono::milliseconds(1000);
 static constexpr auto DEFAULT_RESUME_TIME = DEFAULT_BUFFER_TIME / 2;