diff --git a/idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index a21ddf4ee55..7b7c97eb75e 100644
--- a/idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@
     <localInspection implementationClass="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.kdoc.KDocMissingDocumentationInspection"
                      displayName="Missing KDoc comments for public declarations"
                      groupName="Kotlin"
-                     enabledByDefault="true"
+                     enabledByDefault="false"
                      level="WARNING"
     />