diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.rst b/docs/topics/settings.rst
index 78fbc79fe..72e7a881f 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.rst
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ Whether or not to use passive mode when initiating FTP transfers.
 FTP_PASSWORD
 ------------
 
-Default: ``"anonymous@example.com"``
+Default: ``"guest"``
 
 The password to use for FTP connections when there is no ``"ftp_password"``
 in ``Request`` meta.
diff --git a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
index 9ecefbbb5..6ae0fc288 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ FEED_EXPORTERS_BASE = {
 FILES_STORE_S3_ACL = 'private'
 
 FTP_USER = 'anonymous'
-FTP_PASSWORD = 'anonymous@example.com'
+FTP_PASSWORD = 'guest'
 FTP_PASSIVE_MODE = True
 
 HTTPCACHE_ENABLED = False