diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf58a7e..c0de980 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ parse-on-render! This is because the templates have already been transcluded
 
 ### Multiple links to the same page
 
-    $wgLinkTitlesFirstOnly = false;
+    $wgLinkTitlesFirstOnly = true;
 
 If set to true, only link the first occurrence of a title on a given page. If
 a link is piped, i.e. hiding the title of the target page:
diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 27191d1..4e3726d 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                 "LinkTitlesEnableNoTargetMagicWord": false,
                 "LinkTitlesMinimumTitleLength": 4,
                 "LinkTitlesBlackList": [],
-                "LinkTitlesFirstOnly": false,
+                "LinkTitlesFirstOnly": true,
                 "LinkTitlesSmartMode": true,
                 "LinkTitlesWordStartOnly": true,
                 "LinkTitlesWordEndOnly": true,