diff --git a/man7/tcp.7 b/man7/tcp.7
index b3a486b03..8cbe76170 100644
--- a/man7/tcp.7
+++ b/man7/tcp.7
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Below this threshold BIC TCP behaves the same as the default TCP Reno.
 Forces BIC TCP to more quickly respond to changes in congestion window.
 Allows two flows sharing the same connection to converge more rapidly.
 .TP
-.IR tcp_congestion_control " (String; default: enabled; since Linux 2.4.13)"
+.IR tcp_congestion_control " (String; default: see text; since Linux 2.4.13)"
 .\" The following is from 2.6.28-rc4: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
 Set the default congestion-control algorithm to be used for new connections.
 The algorithm "reno" is always available,