diff --git a/doc/mpd.conf.5 b/doc/mpd.conf.5
index 3a7dc515a..aa5fb525b 100644
--- a/doc/mpd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/mpd.conf.5
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ whatever audio format is passed to the audio output.
 .SH OPTIONAL ALSA OUTPUT PARAMETERS
 .TP
 .B device <dev>
-This specifies the device to use for audio output.  The default is "hw:0,0".
+This specifies the device to use for audio output.  The default is "default".
 .TP
 .B use_mmap <yes or no>
 Setting this allows you to use memory-mapped I/O.  Certain hardware setups may