diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 280733a94b..3fdd69adb2 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@
 			could segfault. [RT #38559]
 
 3993.	[func]		Dig now supports EDNS negotiation by default.
-			(dig +[no]ednsnegotiation). [RT #37604]
+			(dig +[no]ednsnegotiation).
+
+			Note:  This is disabled by default in BIND 9.10
+			and enabled by default in BIND 9.11.  [RT #37604]
 
 3951.	[func]		Add the ability to set yet-to-be-defined EDNS flags
 			to dig (+ednsflags=#). [RT #37142]
diff --git a/bin/dig/dighost.c b/bin/dig/dighost.c
index 4094e8d87c..719db27ec3 100644
--- a/bin/dig/dighost.c
+++ b/bin/dig/dighost.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ make_empty_lookup(void) {
 #endif
 	looknew->ednsopts = NULL;
 	looknew->ednsoptscnt = 0;
-	looknew->ednsneg = ISC_TRUE;
+	looknew->ednsneg = ISC_FALSE;
 	dns_fixedname_init(&looknew->fdomain);
 	ISC_LINK_INIT(looknew, link);
 	ISC_LIST_INIT(looknew->q);