diff --git a/doc/zmq_getsockopt.txt b/doc/zmq_getsockopt.txt
index 252834e0..a4148592 100644
--- a/doc/zmq_getsockopt.txt
+++ b/doc/zmq_getsockopt.txt
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ ZMQ_IPV4ONLY: Retrieve IPv4-only socket override status
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Retrieve the underlying native socket type.  A value of `1` will use IPv4
-sockets, while the default value of `0` will use IPv6 sockets. An IPv6 socket
+sockets, while the value of `0` will use IPv6 sockets. An IPv6 socket
 lets applications connect to and accept connections from both IPv4 and IPv6
 hosts.
 
diff --git a/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt b/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
index 72d1faa7..7217093c 100644
--- a/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
+++ b/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ ZMQ_IPV4ONLY: Use IPv4-only sockets
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Sets the underlying native socket type.  A value of `1` will use IPv4 sockets,
-while the default value of `0` will use IPv6 sockets. An IPv6 socket lets 
+while the value of `0` will use IPv6 sockets. An IPv6 socket lets 
 applications connect to and accept connections from both IPv4 and IPv6 hosts.
 
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