diff --git a/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst b/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
index 2663a3cf3..01bde772c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ Whether the Meta Refresh middleware will be enabled.
 METAREFRESH_IGNORE_TAGS
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Default: ``['noscript']``
+Default: ``[]``
 
 Meta tags within these tags are ignored.