diff --git a/docs/static/settings-file.asciidoc b/docs/static/settings-file.asciidoc
index 306f23e04..837741b6d 100644
--- a/docs/static/settings-file.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/static/settings-file.asciidoc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ The `logstash.yml` file includes the following settings. If you are using X-Pack
 
 | `pipeline.java_execution`
 | Use the Java execution engine.
-| false
+| true
 
 | `pipeline.workers`
 | The number of workers that will, in parallel, execute the filter and output stages of the pipeline.