diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/TopicCommand.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/TopicCommand.scala
index f400b71..1981224 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/TopicCommand.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/TopicCommand.scala
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ object TopicCommand {
       try {
         ZkUtils.createPersistentPath(zkClient, ZkUtils.getDeleteTopicPath(topic))
         println("Topic %s is marked for deletion.".format(topic))
-        println("Note: This will have no impact if delete.topic.enable is not set to true.")
+        println("Note: This will have no impact if delete.topic.enable is set to false.")
       } catch {
         case e: ZkNodeExistsException =>
           println("Topic %s is already marked for deletion.".format(topic))
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
index 14bf321..c1a9d4c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ class KafkaConfig private (val props: VerifiableProperties) extends ZKConfig(pro
   val offsetCommitRequiredAcks = props.getShortInRange("offsets.commit.required.acks",
     OffsetManagerConfig.DefaultOffsetCommitRequiredAcks, (-1, offsetsTopicReplicationFactor))
 
-  /* Enables delete topic. Delete topic through the admin tool will have no effect if this config is turned off */
-  val deleteTopicEnable = props.getBoolean("delete.topic.enable", false)
+  /* Enables delete topic. Delete topic through the admin tool will have no effect if this config is set to false */
+  val deleteTopicEnable = props.getBoolean("delete.topic.enable", true)
 
   /**
    * Specify the final compression type for a given topic. This configuration accepts the standard compression codecs